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Functional MRI is a neuroimaging procedure that measures brain activity by detecting changes in cerebral blood flow, which correspond to neuronal activation of brain structures. Functional MRI studies typically assess participants’ brain activation at a resting state and then compare the same individuals’ brain activation response to a particular task. The use of resting state fMRI can also evaluate participants who do not perform an explicit task, which is useful for understanding the dynamic neural architecture in the absence of experimental conditions.
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Personality patterns consisting of thoughts, emotions, and behaviors are fairly consistent throughout the lifespan. Currently, personality is thought of as a set of broad and complex traits, which boil down to the Big Five. These personality traits are typically measured via self-report, but the...
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Brumbaugh, C.C., Tocco, C. (2020). Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI). In: Zeigler-Hill, V., Shackelford, T.K. (eds) Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-24612-3_1308
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