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Personality Is Reflected in the Brain's Intrinsic Functional Architecture

Overview of attention for article published in PLOS ONE, November 2011
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Title
Personality Is Reflected in the Brain's Intrinsic Functional Architecture
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PLOS ONE, November 2011
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0027633
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Jonathan S. Adelstein, Zarrar Shehzad, Maarten Mennes, Colin G. DeYoung, Xi-Nian Zuo, Clare Kelly, Daniel S. Margulies, Aaron Bloomfield, Jeremy R. Gray, F. Xavier Castellanos, Michael P. Milham

Abstract

Personality describes persistent human behavioral responses to broad classes of environmental stimuli. Investigating how personality traits are reflected in the brain's functional architecture is challenging, in part due to the difficulty of designing appropriate task probes. Resting-state functional connectivity (RSFC) can detect intrinsic activation patterns without relying on any specific task. Here we use RSFC to investigate the neural correlates of the five-factor personality domains. Based on seed regions placed within two cognitive and affective 'hubs' in the brain--the anterior cingulate and precuneus--each domain of personality predicted RSFC with a unique pattern of brain regions. These patterns corresponded with functional subdivisions responsible for cognitive and affective processing such as motivation, empathy and future-oriented thinking. Neuroticism and Extraversion, the two most widely studied of the five constructs, predicted connectivity between seed regions and the dorsomedial prefrontal cortex and lateral paralimbic regions, respectively. These areas are associated with emotional regulation, self-evaluation and reward, consistent with the trait qualities. Personality traits were mostly associated with functional connections that were inconsistently present across participants. This suggests that although a fundamental, core functional architecture is preserved across individuals, variable connections outside of that core encompass the inter-individual differences in personality that motivate diverse responses.

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Country Count As %
United States 9 2%
Germany 6 1%
France 3 <1%
Poland 2 <1%
Japan 2 <1%
Colombia 1 <1%
Norway 1 <1%
Brazil 1 <1%
Israel 1 <1%
Other 10 2%
Unknown 492 93%

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 109 21%
Researcher 92 17%
Student > Master 66 13%
Student > Bachelor 56 11%
Student > Doctoral Student 36 7%
Other 92 17%
Unknown 77 15%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Psychology 191 36%
Neuroscience 60 11%
Medicine and Dentistry 50 9%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 42 8%
Social Sciences 16 3%
Other 56 11%
Unknown 113 21%
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