Lecture 3 - Biological Bases of Personality & Intelligence Flashcards
Biological Theory
Eysenck & Gray
what methods can we use
Brain injury can induce personality change
Forbes et al., 2014
Neuroticism and conscientiousness potentially rely on a common neural structure
read up more
Criticism of lesion/injury
doesnt tell us why
but it gives us some information to suggest that personality traits occur due to genetic makeup
Neural correlates of personality
schultz et al., 2017
high levels of neuroticism associated with low cortical folding of the left DLPFC
Nueroal corerlates of personality
Eijndhoven et al., 2017
Structural brain images of 117 pps
neurooticism is accompanied by cortico-limbic brain differences
What is cortico-limbic brain
links to limbic system
lots of different structures in the brain
amygdala, hippocampus,
these elements of the brain are activated when emotional stimulus occurs
