Subcortical intelligence: Caudate volume predicts IQ in healthy adults

Human Brain Mapping

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1407-1416

  Grazioplene, Rachael G ^a   G Ryman, Sephira ^b   Gray, Jeremy R ^c   Rustichini, Aldo ^a   Jung, Rex E ^b,d   Deyoung, Colin G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b MIND RESEARCH NETWORK   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Caudate; Dorsal striatum; Intelligence; IQ; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGE; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; APTITUDE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN SIZE; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGING SOFTWARE; INTELLECTUAL ASSESSMENT; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX; THALAMUS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; WECHSLER ABBREVIATED SCALE OF INTELLIGENCE; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE; ADOLESCENT; AGING; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; CLINICAL TRIAL; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TEST; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84925234143     PISSN: 10659471     EISSN: 10970193     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hbm.22710     Document Type: Article

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