| Literature DB >> 21804655 |
Colin G Deyoung1, Dante Cicchetti, Fred A Rogosch, Jeremy R Gray, Maria Eastman, Elena L Grigorenko.
Abstract
The personality trait Openness/Intellect reflects the tendency to be imaginative, curious, perceptive, artistic, and intellectual-all characteristics that involve cognitive exploration. Little is known about the biological basis of Openness/Intellect, but the trait has been linked to cognitive functions of prefrontal cortex, and the neurotransmitter dopamine plays a key role in motivation to explore. The hypothesis that dopamine is involved in Openness/Intellect was supported by examining its association with two genes that are central components of the prefrontal dopaminergic system. In two demographically different samples (children: N = 608; adults: N = 214), variation in the dopamine D4 receptor gene (DRD4) and the catechol-O-methyltransferase gene (COMT) predicted Openness/Intellect, as main effects in the child sample and in interaction in adults.Entities:
Year: 2011 PMID: 21804655 PMCID: PMC3143482 DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2011.04.002
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Res Pers ISSN: 0092-6566