Open AccessAltered short‐term plasticity within the working memory neural network: Is it neuroticism or is it depression?
Author(s) -
Bianchi Renzo,
Laurent Eric
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
human brain mapping
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.005
H-Index - 191
eISSN - 1097-0193
pISSN - 1065-9471
DOI - 10.1002/hbm.23116
Subject(s) - neuroticism , conscientiousness , psychology , personality , subclinical infection , depression (economics) , developmental psychology , clinical psychology , cognitive psychology , big five personality traits , social psychology , extraversion and introversion , medicine , macroeconomics , economics
In the present article, we discuss (1) the importance of assessing and statistically considering both clinical and subclinical forms of depression when examining the relationship between neuroticism and short‐term plasticity within the working memory neural network, and (2) the hypothesis of an antagonism between neuroticism and conscientiousness in personality research. We suggest that (1) neuroticism and depression should be examined in a relational manner, and (2) neuroticism and conscientiousness should not be antagonized. Hum Brain Mapp 37:1512‐1513, 2016 . © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.