Volunteerism and self-selection bias in human positron emission tomography neuroimaging research

Brain Imaging and Behavior

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 163-176

  Oswald, Lynn M ^a,b   Wand, Gary S ^b   Zhu, Shijun ^a   Selby, Victoria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Human; Personality; Positron emission tomography (PET); Sensation seeking; Volunteerism

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE; RACLOPRIDE C 11;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; ELECTRIC SHOCK; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NEUROIMAGING; PERSONALITY; PHYSICAL STRESS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAMPLING; SELF REPORT; SELF SELECTION; SYSTEMATIC ERROR; TASK PERFORMANCE; VALIDITY; VOLUNTEER; VOLUNTEERISM;

EID: 84876899911     PISSN: 19317557     EISSN: 19317565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11682-012-9210-3     Document Type: Article

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