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Positive attitude towards life and emotional expression as personality phenotypes for centenarians.
Aging - 1 May 2012
Kato Kaori, Zweig Richard, Barzilai Nir, Atzmon Gil
Abstract excerpt
Centenarians have been reported to share particular personality traits including low neuroticism and high extraversion and conscientiousness. Since these traits have moderate to high heritability and are associated with various health outcomes, personality appears linked to bio-genetic mechanisms which may contribute to exceptional longevity. Therefore, the present study sought to detect genetically-based...
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