Individual differences in local gray and white matter volumes reflect differences in temperament and character: A voxel-based morphometry study in healthy young females

Brain Research

Volumn 1371, Issue , 2011, Pages 32-42

  Van Schuerbeek, Peter ^a   Baeken, Chris ^a   De Raedt, Rudi ^b   De Mey, Johan ^a   Luypaert, Rob ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Brain; Character; Personality; Temperament; VBM

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN SIZE; CHARACTER STATE; COGNITION; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIMBIC CORTEX; MORPHOMETRICS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REWARD; TEMPERAMENT; TEMPORAL CORTEX; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; BELGIUM; BRAIN; CHARACTER; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEURONS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; REFERENCE VALUES; REWARD; SELF-ASSESSMENT; TEMPERAMENT; WOMEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78651373619     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2010.11.073     Document Type: Article

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