Genetic influences on implicit measures of personality

Journal of Individual Differences

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 115-123

  Osinsky, Roman ^a   Alexander, Nina ^a   Schmitz, Anja ^b   Kuepper, Yvonne ^a   Müller, Eva ^a   Beer, Laura ^a   Koeppe, Lena ^a   Hennig, Jürgen ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

5 HTTLPR; DAT 3'VNTR; Genetics; IAT; Personality

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955757354     PISSN: 16140001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1614-0001/a000007     Document Type: Article

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