How to consistently link extraversion and intelligence to the catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) gene: On defining and measuring psychological phenotypes in neurogenetic research

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 427-444

  Wacker, Jan ^a   Mueller, Erik M ^a   Hennig, Jürgen ^b   Stemmler, Gerhard ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Catechol O methyltransferase polymorphism (COMT Val158Met; rs4680); Dopamine; DRD2 TaqIA ANKK1 polymorphism (rs1800497); Extraversion; Intelligence

Indexed keywords

CATECHOL METHYLTRANSFERASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EXTRAVERSION; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TEST; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PERSONALITY TEST; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

ADULT; CATECHOL O-METHYLTRANSFERASE; EXTRAVERSION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WECHSLER SCALES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861108547     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0026544     Document Type: Article

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