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Macro and micro structures in the dorsal anterior cingulate cortex contribute to individual differences in self-monitoring

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Individual differences in self-monitoring, which are the capability to adjust behavior to adapt to social situations, influence a wide range of social behaviors. However, understanding of focal differences in brain structures related to individual self-monitoring is minimal, particularly when micro and macro structures are considered simultaneously. The present study investigates the relationship between self-monitoring and brain structure in a relatively large sample of young adults. Voxel-based morphometry (VBM) revealed a significant positive correlation between self-monitoring and gray matter volume in the dorsal cingulate anterior cortex (dACC), dorsal lateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC), and bilateral ventral striatum (VS). Further analysis revealed a significant negative correlation between self-monitoring and white matter (WM) integrity, as indexed by fractional anisotropy (FA) in the anterior cingulum (ACG) bundle. Moreover, there was a significant positive correlation between self-monitoring and mean radius diffusion (RD). These results shed light on the structural neural basis of variation in self-monitoring.

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This research was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31070900; 30800293; 30970892; 31170983), the Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University (2011) by the Ministry of Education, the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (SWU1209101), China Postdoctoral Science Foundation funded project (2012 M510098), the Research Funds for Southwest University (SWU09103), the Key Discipline Fund of National 211 Project (NSKD11007), the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (swu1209101), the Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University (2011) by the Ministry of Education, China Postdoctoral Science Foundation funded project (2012 M510098), and the postgraduate Innovation Foundation of Science and Technology of Southwest University(kb2011002).

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      Junyi Yang, Xue Tian, Dongtao Wei, Huijuan Liu, Qinglin Zhang, Kangcheng Wang, Qunlin Chen & Jiang Qiu

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    Yang, J., Tian, X., Wei, D. et al. Macro and micro structures in the dorsal anterior cingulate cortex contribute to individual differences in self-monitoring. Brain Imaging and Behavior 10, 477–485 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11682-015-9398-0

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