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  • Personality traits reflect stable behavioral and cognitive patterns.
  • Neurobiological correlates of personality are found in brain networks.
  • Structural and functional brain network coupling (SC-FC) is a key area of investigation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the association between SC-FC coupling and individual differences in the Big Five personality traits.
  • To examine SC-FC coupling during resting state and various tasks with differing trait relevance.
  • To determine if task relevance enhances the detection of brain-behavior associations.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized diffusion-weighted and functional magnetic resonance imaging (dMRI & fMRI) data from 764 Human Connectome Project participants.
  • Modeled individual differences in SC-FC coupling using similarity and communication measures.
  • Assessed SC-FC coupling during resting state and seven tasks, varying in trait relevance.

Main Results:

  • Small but significant associations between SC-FC coupling and personality traits were observed primarily during trait-relevant tasks.
  • Agreeableness showed associations during social cognition tasks.
  • Conscientiousness could be predicted from task-general coupling patterns.

Conclusions:

  • Task relevance is crucial for detecting brain-behavior associations related to personality traits.
  • Optimizing task selection in neuroscientific measurements can increase effect sizes.
  • This approach offers a promising avenue for future brain-behavior research.