Regional gray matter density is associated with achievement motivation: Evidence from voxel-based morphometry

Brain Structure and Function

Volumn 219, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 71-83

  Takeuchi, Hikaru ^a   Taki, Yasuyuki ^a   Nouchi, Rui ^a,b   Sekiguchi, Atsushi ^a   Kotozaki, Yuka ^a   Miyauchi, Carlos Makoto ^a   Yokoyama, Ryoichi ^a   Iizuka, Kunio ^a   Hashizume, Hiroshi ^a   Nakagawa, Seishu ^a   Kunitoki, Keiko ^a   Sassa, Yuko ^a   Kawashima, Ryuta ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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

Author keywords

Achievement motivation; Orbitofrontal cortex (OFC); Precuneus; Putamen; Regional gray matter density (rGMD); Voxel based morphometry (VBM)

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT MOTIVATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; DENSITY; EMOTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; INSULA; MALE; MOTIVATION; NORMAL HUMAN; ORBITAL CORTEX; PRECUNEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUTAMEN; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL COGNITION; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY; YOUNG ADULT;

ACHIEVEMENT; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOTIVATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892369426     PISSN: 18632653     EISSN: 18632661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00429-012-0485-3     Document Type: Article

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