The neural correlates of individual differences in self-regulation, an fMRI study
PhD student
Anja Waegeman
Committee
Prof. dr. Carolyn Declerck (promotor)
Prof. dr. Christophe Boone (promotor)
Prof. dr. Paul Parizel (promotor)
Abstract
This project investigates how individual differences in self-regulation are represented in the brain, using functional magnetic resonance imaging in a sample of healthy young males. Both self-reported self-regulation and behavioural measures of self-regulation are quantified to test the hypothesis that individual differences in self-regulation (more specifically impulse control and behavioural flexibility) coincide with differences in brain activation and functional connectivity of the lateral network of the brain.
PhD dissertation, University of Antwerp - Faculty of Medicines & Applied Economics, 2015