Biology of Personality and Individual Differences

BIOLOGY OF PERSONALITY AND INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES This page intentionally left blank Biology of Personality and Individual Differences Edited by TURHAN CANLI THE GUILFORD PRESS New York London © 2006 The Guilford Press A Division of Guilford Publications, Inc. 72 Spring Street, New York, NY 10012 www.guilford.com All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced, translated, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photo- copying, microfilming, recording, or otherwise, without written permission from the Publisher. Printed in the United States of America This book is printed on acid-free paper. Last digit is print number: 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Biology of personality and individual differences / edited by Turhan Canli. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 1-59385-252-5 (hardcover) 1. Personality—Physiological aspects. 2. Neuropsychology. I. Canli, Turhan. [DNLM: 1. Psychophysiology—methods. 2. Personality—physiology. 3. Neuropsychology—methods. 4. Genetics, Behavioral. 5. Neurophysiology— methods. WL 103 B6159 2006] QP402.B56 2006 612.8—dc22 2005016217 About the Editor Turhan Canli, PhD, is Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at Stony Brook University and a member of the Graduate Program in Genetics. He holds degrees from Tufts University (BA, 1998) and from Yale University (PhD, 1993). Dr. Canli’s research focuses on the neurogenetic basis of person- ality and emotion, using a combination of cognitive-behavioral paradigms, noninvasive brain imaging (functional magnetic resonance imaging) and stimulation (transcranial magnetic stimulation), and genotyping for gene polymorphisms related to personality traits. v This page intentionally left blank Contributors A. Leo Beem, PhD, Department of Biological Psychology, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Jamil Bhanji, BS, Department of Psychology, Stanford University, Stanford, California Dorret I. Boomsma, PhD, Department of Biological Psychology, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Turhan Canli, PhD, Graduate Program in Genetics and Department of Psychology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York Danielle C. Cath, MD, Department of Psychiatry, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Silvana Chiavegatto, PhD, Department and Institute of Psychiatry and Laboratory of Genetics and Molecular Cardiology, Heart Institute, University of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, Brazil Rebecca E. Cooney, BA, Department of Psychology, Stanford University, Stanford, California Richard A. Depue, PhD, Laboratory of Neurobiology of Temperament and Personality, Department of Human Development, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York Thalia C. Eley, PhD, Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London, London, United Kingdom Don C. Fowles, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa Nathan A. Gillespie, PhD, Virginia Institute of Psychiatric and Behavioral Genetics, Richmond, Virginia vii viii Contributors Samuel D. Gosling, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas Ian H. Gotlib, PhD, Department of Psychology, Stanford University, Stanford, California Stephan Hamann, PhD, Department of Psychology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia Ahmad R. Hariri, PhD, Department of Psychiatry, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Wendy Heller, PhD, Department of Psychology and Beckman Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, Champaign, Illinois John D. Herrington, MPhil, Wisconsin Psychiatric Institute and Clinics, Madison, Wisconsin Jutta Joormann, PhD, Department of Psychology, Stanford University, Stanford, California James E. King, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona Marisa Knight, BA, Department of Psychology, University of California, Santa Cruz, California Brian Knutson, PhD, Department of Psychology, Stanford University, Stanford, California Nancy S. Koven, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, Champaign, Illinois Jennifer Y. F. Lau, BSc, Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London, London, United Kingdom Klaus-Peter Lesch, MD, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany Nicholas G. Martin, MD, Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Mara Mather, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of California, Santa Cruz, California Pranjal H. Mehta, BA, Department of Psychology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas Christel M. Middeldorp, MD, Departments of Biological Psychology and Psychiatry, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Gregory A. Miller, PhD, Departments of Psychology and Psychiatry and Beckman Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, Champaign, Illinois Kelly L. Minor, PhD, Department of Psychology, Stanford University, Stanford, California Contributors ix Robert Plomin, PhD, Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London, London, United Kingdom Rajita Sinha, PhD, Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut Mireille van den Berg, PhD, Department of Biological Psychology, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Richard van Dyck, MD, Department of Psychiatry, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Essi Viding, PhD, Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London, London, United Kingdom Alexander Weiss, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom Marvin Zuckerman, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware