Linking personality and brain anatomy: a structural MRI approach to Reinforcement Sensitivity Theory
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Other documents of the author: Adrián-Ventura, Jesús; Costumero, Víctor; Parcet, Maria Antonia; Avila, Cesar
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Linking personality and brain anatomy: a structural MRI approach to Reinforcement Sensitivity TheoryDate
2019Publisher
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1749-5016; 1749-5024Bibliographic citation
Adrián-Ventura, Jesús, et al. "Linking personality and brain anatomy: a structural MRI approach to Reinforcement Sensitivity Theory." Social cognitive and affective neuroscience, 2019, vol. 14, núm. 3, p. 329-338Type
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Reinforcement Sensitivity Theory (RST) proposes a widely used taxonomy of human personality linked to individual differences at both behavioral and neuropsychological levels that describe a predisposition to psychop ... [+]
Reinforcement Sensitivity Theory (RST) proposes a widely used taxonomy of human personality linked to individual differences at both behavioral and neuropsychological levels that describe a predisposition to psychopathology. However, the body of RST research was based on animal findings, and little is known about their anatomical correspondence in humans. Here we set out to investigate MRI structural correlates (i.e. voxel-based morphometry) of the main personality dimensions proposed by the RST in a group of 400 healthy young adults who completed the Sensitivity to Punishment and Sensitivity to Reward Questionnaire (SPSRQ). Sensitivity to punishment scores correlated positively with the gray matter volume in the amygdala, whereas sensitivity to reward scores correlated negatively with the volume in the left lateral and medial prefrontal cortex. Moreover, a negative relationship was found between the striatal volume and the reward sensitivity trait, but only for male participants. The present results support the neuropsychological basis of the RST by linking punishment and reward sensitivity to anatomical differences in limbic and frontostriatal regions, respectively. These results are interpreted based on previous literature related to externalizing and internalizing disorders, and they highlight the possible role of SPSRQ as a measure of proneness to these disorders. [-]
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This work was supported by grants from Generalitat Valenciana (PROMETEO/2017/109) and Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (PSI2016–78805-R) to C.A. Also, this work was supported by a pre-doctoral graduate program grant (National FPU to J.A-V.) and a post-doctoral graduate program grant (Juan de la Cierva to V.C.).Rights
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