The role of executive function and the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex in the expression of neuroticism and conscientiousness

Social Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 139-151

  Forbes, Chad E ^a,b,c   Poore, Joshua C ^a,d   Krueger, Frank ^a,e   Barbey, Aron K ^a   Solomon, Jeffrey ^a,f   Grafman, Jordan ^a,g,h  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL IMAGING AND BIOENGINEERING   (United States)

^d CHARLES STARK DRAPER LABORATORY   (United States)

^e GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Expert Image Analysis LLC   (United States)

^g REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^h NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conscientiousness; DLPC; Executive function; Neuroticism; Personality; Self control

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONSCIOUSNESS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NEUROSIS; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RADIOGRAPHY; SELF CONCEPT;

ANXIETY DISORDERS; BRAIN INJURIES; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION DISORDERS; CONSCIOUSNESS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SELF CONCEPT; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TOMOGRAPHY SCANNERS, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84893765352     PISSN: 17470919     EISSN: 17470927     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470919.2013.871333     Document Type: Article

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