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| Title |
Extraversion Is Linked to Volume of the Orbitofrontal Cortex and Amygdala
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| Published in |
PLOS ONE, December 2011
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0028421 |
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| Authors |
Henk Cremers, Marie-José van Tol, Karin Roelofs, Andre Aleman, Frans G. Zitman, Mark A. van Buchem, Dick J. Veltman, Nic J. A. van der Wee |
| Abstract |
Neuroticism and extraversion are personality factors associated with the vulnerability for developing depression and anxiety disorders, and are possibly differentially related to brain structures implicated in the processing of emotional information and the generation of mood states. To date, studies on brain morphology mainly focused on neuroticism, a dimension primarily related to negative affect, yielding conflicting findings concerning the association with personality, partially due to methodological issues and variable population samples under study. Recently, extraversion, a dimension primarily related to positive affect, has been repeatedly inversely related to with symptoms of depression and anxiety disorders. In the present study, high resolution structural T1-weighted MR images of 65 healthy adults were processed using an optimized Voxel Based Morphometry (VBM) approach. Multiple regression analyses were performed to test for associations of neuroticism and extraversion with prefrontal and subcortical volumes. Orbitofrontal and right amygdala volume were both positively related to extraversion. Extraversion was differentially related to volume of the anterior cingulate cortex in males (positive) and females (negative). Neuroticism scores did not significantly correlate with these brain regions. As extraversion is regarded a protective factor for developing anxiety disorders and depression and has been related to the generation of positive affect, the present results indicate that the reduced likelihood of developing affective disorders in individuals high on extraversion is related to modulation of emotion processing through the orbitofrontal cortex and the amygdala. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 11 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 2 | 18% |
| Australia | 2 | 18% |
| Spain | 1 | 9% |
| Canada | 1 | 9% |
| Unknown | 5 | 45% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 7 | 64% |
| Scientists | 3 | 27% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 9% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 140 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 3 | 2% |
| Germany | 2 | 1% |
| Argentina | 2 | 1% |
| France | 1 | <1% |
| Netherlands | 1 | <1% |
| United States | 1 | <1% |
| Luxembourg | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 129 | 92% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 23 | 16% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 19 | 14% |
| Student > Bachelor | 17 | 12% |
| Student > Master | 14 | 10% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 12 | 9% |
| Other | 40 | 29% |
| Unknown | 15 | 11% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 66 | 47% |
| Neuroscience | 18 | 13% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 13 | 9% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 7 | 5% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 4 | 3% |
| Other | 8 | 6% |
| Unknown | 24 | 17% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 32. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 01 June 2021.
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#1,275,985
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#16,005
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#7,676
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#157
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