Functional connectivity with the anterior cingulate is associated with extraversion during the emotional Stroop task
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Previous research has investigated the association of personality traits with brain activation in response to emotional stimuli. Our current research efforts are directed at understanding the temporal dynamics of networks of structures associated with particular personality traits, and gain insights into the functional contributions of more narrowly defined trait-facets that comprise these personality traits. To begin this process, we conducted a functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) study using an emotional attention task (emotional Stroop paradigm) and addressed the question whether individual differences in extraversion and its lower-level facets were associated with differences in activation, and in functional connectivity, of the anterior cingulate (AC) cortex. We replicated our earlier finding that extraversion was associated with increased AC activation to positive, relative to neutral, word stimuli, but now show that distinct facets of extraversion can account for this association. When analyzing for functional connectivity, we found that greater extraversion across individuals was associated with greater functional connectivity between the AC and the inferior parietal lobule, and that this association could also be accounted for by distinct facets of extraversion. Our data suggest that extraversion and some of its lower-level facets are associated with individual differences across a network of structures believed to be critical in cognitive and affective processing.
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Enhanced ACC response specifically to positive words is related to extraversion.
“More recent studies have reported enhanced ACC response specifically to positive words, and further, have related enhanced ACC response to the personality trait of extraversion (Canli et al., 2004;Haas et al., 2006).”
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- Authors
- Haas, B. W., Omura, K., Amin, Z., Constable, R. T., & Canli, T.
- Affiliations
- Stony Brook University (US)
- Yale University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Haas, Brian W.
- Venue
- Social Neuroscience
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2006-03
- Volume
- 1
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 16-24
- ISSN
- 1747-0919 (ISSN-L)
- 1747-0927
- OpenAlex
- W2029866741
- Cited by
- 49
- References
- 46
- Citations by year
- 2025: 1 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 5 · 2019: 5 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 3 · 2016: 5 · 2015: 4 · 2014: 2 · 2013: 4 · 2012: 2
- FWCI
- 1.13
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Social Neuroscience (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Traits and Psychology
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
- Keywords
- extraversion, anterior cingulate cortex, functional connectivity, emotional Stroop task, emotional attention, inferior parietal lobule, individual differences, positive emotional stimuli, emotional processing, cognitive processes
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adult, Brain Mapping, Emotions, Extraversion, Psychological, Female, Gyrus Cinguli, Humans, Male, Photic Stimulation, Psychomotor Performance, Reaction Time
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