TY - CHAP
T1 - Personality is reflected in brain morphometry
AU - Petrosini, Laura
AU - Cutuli, Debora
AU - Picerni, Eleonora
AU - Laricchiuta, Daniela
PY - 2018/1/1
Y1 - 2018/1/1
N2 - To fully characterize the relationship between structure and function as it relates to personality measures, techniques are needed that can distinguish among the different structural compartments of the gray and white matter contributing to the measures of size (cortical thickness and volume). By using structural neuroimaging techniques, such as region of interest (ROI)- and voxel-based morphometry (VBM), several studies addressed the associations between personality factors and morphometric measures that allowed characterizing the subtle brain structural differences in relation to different temperamental traits. To address brain-trait relationships, global measures, as total intracranial volume, total brain volume, total gray or white matter volumes, as well as regional measures, as gray or white matter volumes of specific brain areas have been investigated in relation to the specific dimensions of personality. Understanding anatomic variations as they relate to personality traits may help putting the functional findings in context and pave the way for studying micro-structural influences on personality.
AB - To fully characterize the relationship between structure and function as it relates to personality measures, techniques are needed that can distinguish among the different structural compartments of the gray and white matter contributing to the measures of size (cortical thickness and volume). By using structural neuroimaging techniques, such as region of interest (ROI)- and voxel-based morphometry (VBM), several studies addressed the associations between personality factors and morphometric measures that allowed characterizing the subtle brain structural differences in relation to different temperamental traits. To address brain-trait relationships, global measures, as total intracranial volume, total brain volume, total gray or white matter volumes, as well as regional measures, as gray or white matter volumes of specific brain areas have been investigated in relation to the specific dimensions of personality. Understanding anatomic variations as they relate to personality traits may help putting the functional findings in context and pave the way for studying micro-structural influences on personality.
KW - Big Five model
KW - Cloninger’s psychobiological model
KW - Diffusion Tensor Imaging
KW - Emotion regulation
KW - Extraversion
KW - Harm avoidance
KW - Neuroticism
KW - Novelty seeking
KW - ROI- and voxel-based morphometry
KW - Temperamental traits
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U2 - 10.1007/978-1-4939-7647-8_24
DO - 10.1007/978-1-4939-7647-8_24
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:85042930052
T3 - Neuromethods
SP - 451
EP - 468
BT - Neuromethods
PB - Humana Press Inc.
ER -