Research Article

Relationships between Personality Traits and Brain Gray Matter Are Different in Risky and Non-risky Drivers

Table 1

Means and standard deviations for age, education level, number of women, total intracranial volume, total gray and white matter volumes, punishment and reward sensitivity, and preference for immediate rewards in each group.

GroupAgeEducationGenderTIVGMVWMVSPSRIRN

NR30.8 (14.9)3.5 (0.5)1614.1 (134.7)741.5 (66.5)540.4 (62.4)2.9 (2.3)4.4 (2.2)15.0 (5.0)28
MR25.6 (10.7)3.6 (0.5)1541.7 (139.6)722.4 (73.3)511.0 (56.1)3.9 (2.9)4.4 (2.6)14.2 (4.5)53
HR38.1 (12.4)3.3 (0.8)1565.6 (116.8)692.1 (60.3)532.2 (52.8)3.4 (2.7)3.8 (2.8)14.9 (5.5)63

Note NR: non-risk; MR: medium-risk; HR: high-risk; TIV: total intracranial volume; GMV: gray matter volume, WMV: white matter volume; SP: sensitivity to punishment, SR: sensitivity to reward; IR: immediate reward.