The burden of conscientiousness? Examining brain activation and cortisol response during social evaluative stress

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 78, Issue , 2017, Pages 48-56

  Dahm, Anne Sophie ^a   Schmierer, Phöbe ^a,b,c   Veer, Ilya M ^a   Streit, Fabian ^c   Görgen, Anna ^a   Kruschwitz, Johann ^a   Wüst, Stefan ^d   Kirsch, Peter ^c   Walter, Henrik ^a,b   Erk, Susanne ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Conscientiousness; Cortisol; fMRI; Insula; Stress

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; AMYGDALA; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; CONSCIENTIOUSNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSULA; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONALITY; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SALIVA LEVEL; SOCIAL EVALUATIVE STRESS; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STRESS; TASK PERFORMANCE; BRAIN; CHEMISTRY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; MENTAL STRESS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SALIVA; SEX DIFFERENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BRAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PERSONALITY; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; SALIVA; SEX FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85012257870     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2017.01.019     Document Type: Article

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