On the nature of extraversion: Variation in conditioned contextual activation of dopamine-facilitated affective, cognitive, and motor processes

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue JUN, 2013, Pages

  Depue, Richard A ^a   Fu, Yu ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; METHYLPHENIDATE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EXTRAVERSION; FACILITATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; REINFORCEMENT; REWARD; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 84933672034     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: 16625161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2013.00288     Document Type: Article

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