Neural correlates of personality: An integrative review

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 73-95

  Kennis, Mitzy ^a,b   Rademaker, Arthur R ^a,b   Geuze, Elbert ^a,b  

^a Research Centre Military Mental Healthcare   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Approach; Avoidance; BAS; BIS; Constraint; Effortful control; FFFS; FMRI; Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Personality; Prefrontal cortex; Striatum

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; AGREEABLENESS; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ANTICIPATION; ANXIETY; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; BEHAVIORAL APPROACH SYSTEM; BEHAVIORAL INHIBITION SYSTEM; BRAIN FUNCTION; CEREBELLUM; COGNITION; CONSCIENCE; CONSCIENTIOUSNESS; CORPUS STRIATUM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EFFORTFUL CONTROL; EXTRAVERSION; FIGHT FLIGHT FREEZE SYSTEM; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; GRAY REINFORCEMENT SENSITIVITY THEORY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; INSULA; MEDIOBASAL HYPOTHALAMUS; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MESENCEPHALON; NEGATIVE AFFECTIVITY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE STIMULATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NEURAL CORRELATES; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROSIS; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PAIN; PARIETAL LOBE; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PERSONALITY; POSTERIOR CINGULATE; PRECUNEUS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; REWARD; SELF CONTROL; SENSATION SEEKING; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SYMPATHETIC FUNCTION; TEMPERAMENT; TEMPORAL LOBE; THALAMUS; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM; WORKING MEMORY;

BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY;

EID: 84875075292     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: 18737528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2012.10.012     Document Type: Review

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