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Trait impulsivity is not related to post-commissural putamen volumes: A replication study in healthy men.

Fernando Caravaggio; Pontus Plavén-Sigray; Granville James Matheson; Eric Plitman; M Mallar Chakravarty; Jacqueline Borg; Ariel Graff-Guerrero; Simon Cervenka · 2018 · PLoS ONE

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Abstract

High levels of trait impulsivity are considered a risk factor for substance abuse and drug addiction. We recently found that non-planning trait impulsivity was negatively correlated with post-commissural putamen volumes in men, but not women, using the Karolinska Scales of Personality (KSP). Here, we attempted to replicate this finding in an independent sample using an updated version of the KSP: the Swedish Universities Scales of Personality (SSP). Data from 88 healthy male participants (Mean Age: 28.16±3.34), who provided structural T1-weighted magnetic resonance images (MRIs) and self-repor

Abstract by Fernando Caravaggio; Pontus Plavén-Sigray; Granville James Matheson; Eric Plitman; M Mallar Chakravarty; Jacqueline Borg; Ariel Graff-Guerrero; Simon Cervenka, PLoS ONE (2018) — licensed CC BY 4.0.

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