Personality correlates of brain connectivity in a predominantly African-American sample

What is it about?

A sample of cognitively unimpaired, largely African-American, older adults completed a standard resting state functional connectivity magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) sequence, a Big Five measure of personality traits, and cognitive tasks.

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Why is it important?

The results implicate the personality trait of openness as a mitigating factor in cognitive aging processes via corresponding cognitive performance and connectivity within cortical hubs of resting state brain networks. The findings also add to the sparse research on these factors in a diverse group of older adults.