Regional gray matter correlates of perceived emotional intelligence

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 582-590

  Koven, Nancy S ^a   Roth, Robert M ^b,c   Garlinghouse, Matthew A ^b   Flashman, Laura A ^b,c   Saykin, Andrew J ^d  

^a BATES COLLEGE   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c New Hampshire Dartmouth Psychiatric Research Center   (United States)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alexithymia; Neuroimaging; Perceived emotional intelligence; Trait meta mood; Voxel based morphometry

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80054761346     PISSN: 17495016     EISSN: 17495024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nsq084     Document Type: Article

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