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- The Cambridge Handbook of Personality Psychology
- Cambridge Handbooks in Psychology
- The Cambridge Handbook of Personality Psychology
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Preface
- General Introduction
- Part I Foundational Issues: History and Approaches to Personality
- Part II Description and Measurement: How Personality Is Studied
- Part III Development, Health and Change: Life Span and Health Outcomes
- Part IV Biological Perspectives: Evolution, Genetics and Neuroscience of Personality
- 16 Evolutionary Personality Psychology
- 17 Personality in Nonhuman Animals
- 18 Genetics of Personality
- 19 Approach–Avoidance Theories of Personality
- 20 Personality Neuroscience
- Part V Cognitive and Motivational Perspectives: Dynamic Processes of Personality
- Part VI Social and Cultural Processes: Personality at the Intersection of Society
- Part VII Applications of Personality Psychology: Personality Traits and Processes in Action
- Addendum: Statistical Analyses and Computer Programming in Personality
- Index
- References
20 - Personality Neuroscience
from Part IV - Biological Perspectives: Evolution, Genetics and Neuroscience of Personality
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 18 September 2020
- The Cambridge Handbook of Personality Psychology
- Cambridge Handbooks in Psychology
- The Cambridge Handbook of Personality Psychology
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Preface
- General Introduction
- Part I Foundational Issues: History and Approaches to Personality
- Part II Description and Measurement: How Personality Is Studied
- Part III Development, Health and Change: Life Span and Health Outcomes
- Part IV Biological Perspectives: Evolution, Genetics and Neuroscience of Personality
- 16 Evolutionary Personality Psychology
- 17 Personality in Nonhuman Animals
- 18 Genetics of Personality
- 19 Approach–Avoidance Theories of Personality
- 20 Personality Neuroscience
- Part V Cognitive and Motivational Perspectives: Dynamic Processes of Personality
- Part VI Social and Cultural Processes: Personality at the Intersection of Society
- Part VII Applications of Personality Psychology: Personality Traits and Processes in Action
- Addendum: Statistical Analyses and Computer Programming in Personality
- Index
- References
Summary
Human behaviors and experiences are generated by biological processes, primarily within the brain. On this basis, we may assume that the regularities in these behaviors and experiences that constitute personality are associated with regularities in the biological functions of the brain, making personality neuroscience possible (Allen & DeYoung, 2017; DeYoung, 2010; Yarkoni, 2015; Zuckerman, 2005). It is increasingly easy to study psychologically relevant individual differences using neuroscientific methods, and this field is growing rapidly, as indicated by the establishment of a new journal, Personality Neuroscience.
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- The Cambridge Handbook of Personality Psychology , pp. 273 - 292Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020
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