Grit and the brain: spontaneous activity of the dorsomedial prefrontal cortex mediates the relationship between the trait grit and academic performance

S Wang, M Zhou, T Chen, X Yang… - Social cognitive and …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
As a personality trait, grit involves the tendency to strive to achieve long-term goals with
continual passion and perseverance and plays an extremely crucial role in personal …

White matter integrity and five-factor personality measures in healthy adults

J Xu, MN Potenza - Neuroimage, 2012 - Elsevier
The five-factor model organizes personality traits into five factors: Neuroticism, Extraversion,
Openness to Experience, Agreeableness, and Conscientiousness. Measures of these …

Exploring the relationship between personality and regional brain volume in healthy aging

J Jackson, DA Balota, D Head - Neurobiology of aging, 2011 - Elsevier
Aging is characterized by a reduction in regional brain volumes, particularly in prefrontal and
medial temporal regions. Recent evidence suggests that personality may be related to …

[HTML][HTML] The neuro-pathophysiology of temporomandibular disorders-related pain: a systematic review of structural and functional MRI studies

Y Yin, S He, J Xu, W You, Q Li, J Long, L Luo… - The journal of headache …, 2020 - Springer
Chronic pain surrounding the temporomandibular joints and masticatory muscles is often the
primary chief complaint of patients with temporomandibular disorders (TMD) seeking …

[HTML][HTML] Neural correlates of three promising endophenotypes of depression: evidence from the EMBARC study

CA Webb, DG Dillon, P Pechtel, FK Goer… - …, 2016 - nature.com
Major depressive disorder (MDD) is clinically, and likely pathophysiologically,
heterogeneous. A potentially fruitful approach to parsing this heterogeneity is to focus on …

The Big Five default brain: functional evidence

A Sampaio, JM Soares, J Coutinho, N Sousa… - Brain Structure and …, 2014 - Springer
Recent neuroimaging studies have provided evidence that different dimensions of human
personality may be associated with specific structural neuroanatomic correlates. Identifying …

The five factors of personality and regional cortical variability in the Baltimore longitudinal study of aging

D Kapogiannis, A Sutin, C Davatzikos… - Human brain …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Although personality changes have been associated with brain lesions and atrophy caused
by neurodegenerative diseases and aging, neuroanatomical correlates of personality in …

Linking an anxiety-related personality trait to brain white matter microstructure: diffusion tensor imaging and harm avoidance

LT Westlye, A Bjørnebekk, H Grydeland… - Archives of general …, 2011 - jamanetwork.com
Context Emotional, cognitive, and behavioral response patterns underlying temperament
and personality are established early and remain stable from childhood. Anxiety-related …

[HTML][HTML] Volumetric associations between uncinate fasciculus, amygdala, and trait anxiety

V Baur, J Hänggi, L Jäncke - BMC neuroscience, 2012 - Springer
Background Recent investigations of white matter (WM) connectivity suggest an important
role of the uncinate fasciculus (UF), connecting anterior temporal areas including the …

Robust prediction of individual personality from brain functional connectome

H Cai, J Zhu, Y Yu - Social cognitive and affective neuroscience, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Neuroimaging studies have linked inter-individual variability in the brain to individualized
personality traits. However, only one or several aspects of personality have been effectively …