TY - JOUR
T1 - Association between gray matter volume in the caudate nucleus and financial extravagance
T2 - Findings from voxel-based morphometry
AU - Yokoyama, Ryoichi
AU - Nozawa, Takayuki
AU - Takeuchi, Hikaru
AU - Taki, Yasuyuki
AU - Sekiguchi, Atsushi
AU - Nouchi, Rui
AU - Kotozaki, Yuka
AU - Nakagawa, Seishu
AU - Miyauchi, Carlos Makoto
AU - Iizuka, Kunio
AU - Shinada, Takamitsu
AU - Yamamoto, Yuki
AU - Hanawa, Sugiko
AU - Araki, Tsuyoshi
AU - Hashizume, Hiroshi
AU - Kunitoki, Keiko
AU - Hanihara, Mayu
AU - Sassa, Yuko
AU - Kawashima, Ryuta
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was supported by JST/RISTEX , JST/CREST , a Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B) (KAKENHI 23700306 ), and a Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (A) (KAKENHI 25700012 ) from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology , the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science , and Tohoku University International Advanced Research and Education Organization .
PY - 2014/3/20
Y1 - 2014/3/20
N2 - Consumer behavior differs among individuals; one such common individual difference is financial extravagance. Recent research suggests that the activation of the caudate nucleus plays an important role in consumer behavior. However, to the best of our knowledge, no study has investigated the specific relationship between the caudate nucleus and consumer financial extravagance. Therefore, in this study, we investigated the association between individual differences in financial extravagance and regional gray matter volume in the caudate nucleus by using voxel-based morphometry (VBM). We recruited 776 healthy, right-handed individuals (432 men and 344 women; mean age. = 20.7. ±. 1.8) and used voxel-based morphometry and a financial extravagance questionnaire to determine the association between financial extravagance and gray matter structure in the caudate nucleus. Our measure of financial extravagance was based on the novelty seeking subscales of the Japanese version of the Temperament and Character Inventory. A multiple regression analysis including financial extravagance, age, sex, Raven's Advanced Progressive Matrix score, total intracranial volume, and novelty seeking subscales was conducted to examine what variables were related to regional gray matter volume in the region of interest within the caudate nucleus. A significant positive correlation was found between the obtained financial extravagance score and regional gray matter volume in the caudate nucleus. We found that structural variations in the caudate nucleus contributed to individual differences in financial extravagance. This finding may provide a new neuroscientific approach to understanding individual characteristics of consumers.
AB - Consumer behavior differs among individuals; one such common individual difference is financial extravagance. Recent research suggests that the activation of the caudate nucleus plays an important role in consumer behavior. However, to the best of our knowledge, no study has investigated the specific relationship between the caudate nucleus and consumer financial extravagance. Therefore, in this study, we investigated the association between individual differences in financial extravagance and regional gray matter volume in the caudate nucleus by using voxel-based morphometry (VBM). We recruited 776 healthy, right-handed individuals (432 men and 344 women; mean age. = 20.7. ±. 1.8) and used voxel-based morphometry and a financial extravagance questionnaire to determine the association between financial extravagance and gray matter structure in the caudate nucleus. Our measure of financial extravagance was based on the novelty seeking subscales of the Japanese version of the Temperament and Character Inventory. A multiple regression analysis including financial extravagance, age, sex, Raven's Advanced Progressive Matrix score, total intracranial volume, and novelty seeking subscales was conducted to examine what variables were related to regional gray matter volume in the region of interest within the caudate nucleus. A significant positive correlation was found between the obtained financial extravagance score and regional gray matter volume in the caudate nucleus. We found that structural variations in the caudate nucleus contributed to individual differences in financial extravagance. This finding may provide a new neuroscientific approach to understanding individual characteristics of consumers.
KW - Caudate nucleus
KW - Financial extravagance
KW - Gray matter structure
KW - Voxel-based morphometry
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U2 - 10.1016/j.neulet.2014.01.026
DO - 10.1016/j.neulet.2014.01.026
M3 - Article
C2 - 24486253
AN - SCOPUS:84893853984
SN - 0304-3940
VL - 563
SP - 28
EP - 32
JO - Neuroscience Letters
JF - Neuroscience Letters
ER -
