Association of hair iron levels with creativity and psychological variables related to creativity

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn 7, Issue DEC, 2013, Pages

  Takeuchi, Hikaru ^a   Taki, Yasuyuki ^a   Sekiguchi, Atsushi ^a   Nouchi, Rui ^a   Kotozaki, Yuka ^a   Nakagawa, Seishu ^a   Miyauchi, Carlos M ^a,b   Iizuka, Kunio ^a   Yokoyama, Ryoichi ^a,c   Shinada, Takamitsu ^a   Yamamoto, Yuki ^a   Hanawa, Sugiko ^a   Araki, Tsuyoshi ^a   Hashizume, Hiroshi ^a   Kunitoki, Keiko ^a   Sassa, Yuko ^a   Kawashima, Ryuta ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Creativity; Dopamine; Extraversion; Hair minerals; Iron; Motivation; Novelty seeking; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; IRON;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CHARACTER STATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATIVITY; EXTRAVERSION; FEMALE; HAIR LEVEL; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SENSATION SEEKING; THINKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84890808125     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2013.00875     Document Type: Article

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