caa a22 4500 606201777 CHVBK 20210128100950.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20151101xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s00429-014-0857-y doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s00429-014-0857-y Brain structures in the sciences and humanities [Elektronische Daten] [Hikaru Takeuchi, Yasuyuki Taki, Atsushi Sekiguchi, Rui Nouchi, Yuka Kotozaki, Seishu Nakagawa, Carlos Miyauchi, Kunio Iizuka, Ryoichi Yokoyama, Takamitsu Shinada, Yuki Yamamoto, Sugiko Hanawa, Tsuyoshi Araki, Hiroshi Hashizume, Yuko Sassa, Ryuta Kawashima] The areas of academic interest (sciences or humanities) and area of study have been known to be associated with a number of factors associated with autistic traits. However, despite the vast amount of literature on the psychological and physiological characteristics associated with faculty membership, brain structural characteristics associated with faculty membership have never been investigated directly. In this study, we used voxel-based morphometry to investigate differences in regional gray matter volume (rGMV)/regional white matter volume (rWMV) between science and humanities students to test our hypotheses that brain structures previously robustly shown to be altered in autistic subjects are related to differences in faculty membership. We examined 312 science students (225 males and 87 females) and 179 humanities students (105 males and 74 females). Whole-brain analyses of covariance revealed that after controlling for age, sex, and total intracranial volume, the science students had significantly larger rGMV in an anatomical cluster around the medial prefrontal cortex and the frontopolar area, whereas the humanities students had significantly larger rWMV in an anatomical cluster mainly concentrated around the right hippocampus. These anatomical structures have been linked to autism in previous studies and may mediate cognitive functions that characterize differences in faculty membership. The present results may support the ideas that autistic traits and characteristics of the science students compared with the humanities students share certain characteristics from neuroimaging perspectives. This study improves our understanding of differences in faculty membership which is the link among cognition, biological factors, disorders, and education (academia). The Author(s), 2014 Academia nationallicence Sciences nationallicence Humanities nationallicence Area of study nationallicence Voxel-based morphometry nationallicence Cognitive functions nationallicence Takeuchi Hikaru Division of Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University, 4-1 Seiryo-cho, Aoba-ku, 980-8575, Sendai, Japan aut Taki Yasuyuki Division of Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University, 4-1 Seiryo-cho, Aoba-ku, 980-8575, Sendai, Japan aut Sekiguchi Atsushi Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan aut Nouchi Rui Human and Social Response Research Division, International Research Institute of Disaster Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan aut Kotozaki Yuka Smart Ageing International Research Center, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan aut Nakagawa Seishu Department of Functional Brain Imaging, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan aut Miyauchi Carlos Department of Functional Brain Imaging, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan aut Iizuka Kunio Department of Functional Brain Imaging, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan aut Yokoyama Ryoichi Department of Functional Brain Imaging, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan aut Shinada Takamitsu Department of Functional Brain Imaging, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan aut Yamamoto Yuki Department of Functional Brain Imaging, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan aut Hanawa Sugiko Department of Functional Brain Imaging, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan aut Araki Tsuyoshi Smart Ageing International Research Center, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan aut Hashizume Hiroshi Division of Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University, 4-1 Seiryo-cho, Aoba-ku, 980-8575, Sendai, Japan aut Sassa Yuko Division of Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University, 4-1 Seiryo-cho, Aoba-ku, 980-8575, Sendai, Japan aut Kawashima Ryuta Division of Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University, 4-1 Seiryo-cho, Aoba-ku, 980-8575, Sendai, Japan aut Brain Structure and Function Springer Berlin Heidelberg 220/6(2015-11-01), 3295-3305 1863-2653 220:6<3295 2015 220 429 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00429-014-0857-y text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00429-014-0857-y text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Takeuchi Hikaru Division of Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University, 4-1 Seiryo-cho, Aoba-ku, 980-8575, Sendai, Japan aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Taki Yasuyuki Division of Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University, 4-1 Seiryo-cho, Aoba-ku, 980-8575, Sendai, Japan aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Sekiguchi Atsushi Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Nouchi Rui Human and Social Response Research Division, International Research Institute of Disaster Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Kotozaki Yuka Smart Ageing International Research Center, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Nakagawa Seishu Department of Functional Brain Imaging, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Miyauchi Carlos Department of Functional Brain Imaging, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Iizuka Kunio Department of Functional Brain Imaging, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Yokoyama Ryoichi Department of Functional Brain Imaging, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Shinada Takamitsu Department of Functional Brain Imaging, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Yamamoto Yuki Department of Functional Brain Imaging, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Hanawa Sugiko Department of Functional Brain Imaging, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Araki Tsuyoshi Smart Ageing International Research Center, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Hashizume Hiroshi Division of Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University, 4-1 Seiryo-cho, Aoba-ku, 980-8575, Sendai, Japan aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Sassa Yuko Division of Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University, 4-1 Seiryo-cho, Aoba-ku, 980-8575, Sendai, Japan aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Kawashima Ryuta Division of Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University, 4-1 Seiryo-cho, Aoba-ku, 980-8575, Sendai, Japan aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Brain Structure and Function Springer Berlin Heidelberg 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