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Record Nr.

UNINA9910137530703321

Autore

Jan Wacker

Titolo

Dopaminergic foundations of personality and individual differences [[electronic resource] /] / topic editors Luke D. Smillie and Jan Wacker

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Frontiers Media SA, 2015

France : , : Frontiers Media SA, 2015

ISBN

9782889194322 (ebook)

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (188 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Frontiers Research Topics

Disciplina

612.8/042

Soggetti

Animal Biochemistry

Human Anatomy & Physiology

Health & Biological Sciences

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Sommario/riassunto

For several decades, theory and research has drawn links between dopaminergic neurotransmission and various aspects of personality and individual differences, as well as major personality processes. Recent increases in the availability and affordability of neuroscience methods have permitted thorough investigation of such links as part of the thriving field of personality neuroscience. However, the picture emerging from this body of research is somewhat puzzling; Rather than being linked to only a few converging dimensions of individual differences in psychological functioning, dopamine seems to be associated with a wide range of rather disparate traits and psychopathological conditions including (among various others) impulsivity, extraversion, anxiety, reward sensitivity, approach behaviour, achievement motivation, working memory performance, cognitive flexibility, depression, anhedonia, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and schizophrenia. Empirical research in this area typically focuses on only one piece of this puzzle based on a specific strand of theory and a narrow section of relevant prior findings. The present research topic will, for the first time, attempt to provide a fairly complete picture of the whole puzzle including all its



disparate parts. Contributors will therefore be explicitly encouraged to go beyond their own specific dopamine-personality hypotheses and place their work in a broader context, thereby helping to forge links between largely non-overlapping research traditions.

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910155528103321

Autore

Sigl Günter

Titolo

Astroparticle Physics: Theory and Phenomenology / / by Günter Sigl

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Paris : , : Atlantis Press : , : Imprint : Atlantis Press, , 2017

ISBN

94-6239-243-9

Edizione

[1st ed. 2017.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XXXIV, 861 p. 90 illus., 71 illus. in color.)

Collana

Atlantis Studies in Astroparticle Physics and Cosmology, , 1879-6931 ; ; 1

Disciplina

523.01

Soggetti

Astrophysics

Cosmology

Plasma (Ionized gases)

Mathematical physics

Plasma Physics

Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1.Electroweak Interactions and Neutrinos -- 2.The Fundamental Gauge Interactions and Their Description -- 3.The Universe between Today and First Light -- 4.The Early Universe before First Light -- 5.Detection Techniques and Experimental Results -- 6.Cosmic Ray Sources and Acceleration -- 7.Cosmic Ray Propagation -- 8.Electromagnetic Radiation in Astrophysics -- 9.High Energy Extraterrestrial Neutrino Fluxes and Their Detection -- 10.Neutrino Properties -- 11.Neutrino Oscillations -- 12.Neutrino Properties and their Role in Astrophysics and Cosmology -- 13.Weak Gravitational Fields and Gravitational Waves -- 14.Dark Matter -- 15.New Light and Heavy Matter States and Their Role in Astrophysics and Cosmology -- 16.Violation of Fundamental Symmetries.



Sommario/riassunto

This books aims at giving an overview over theoretical and phenomenological aspects of particle astrophysics and particle cosmology. To be of interest for both students and researchers in neighboring fields of physics, it keeps a balance between well established foundations that will not significantly change in the future and a more in-depth treatment of selected subfields in which significant new developments have been taking place recently. These include high energy particle astrophysics, such as cosmic high energy neutrinos, the interplay between detection techniques of dark matter in the laboratory and in high energy cosmic radiation, axion-like particles, and relics of the early Universe such as primordial magnetic fields and gravitational waves. It also contains exercises and thus will be suitable for both introductory and advanced courses in astroparticle physics.