Anterior cingulate cortex gray matter volume mediates an association between 2D:4D ratio and trait aggression in women but not men

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 56, Issue , 2015, Pages 148-156

  Gorka, Adam X ^a   Norman, Rachel E ^b   Radtke, Spenser R ^a   Carré, Justin M ^b   Hariri, Ahmad R ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NIPISSING UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

2D:4D ratio; Aggression; Anterior cingulate cortex; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR ASSESSMENT; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; BRAIN SIZE; BUSS PERRY AGGRESSION QUESTIONNAIRE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE REAPPRAISAL; CONFLICT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION ASSESSMENT; EMOTIONAL REAPPRAISAL QUESTIONNAIRE; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MASCULINITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION; SECOND AND FOURTH DIGIT OF THE HAND RATIO; SEX DIFFERENCE; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY; ADOLESCENT; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; BLOOD; CINGULATE GYRUS; FINGER; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; COGNITION; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; FINGERS; GRAY MATTER; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TESTOSTERONE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84927731042     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2015.03.004     Document Type: Article

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