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Gyurkovics, Mate 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4483-3736, Kotyuk, Eszter, Katonai, Eniko Rozsa, Horvath, Erzsebet Zsofia, Vereczkei, Andrea and Szekely, Anna
(2016)
Individual differences in flow proneness are linked to a dopamine D2 receptor gene variant.
Consciousness and Cognition, 42.
pp. 1-8.
ISSN 1053-8100
Abstract
Flow is a special mental state characterized by deep concentration that occurs during the performance of optimally challenging tasks. In prior studies, proneness to experience flow has been found to be moderately heritable. In the present study, we investigated whether individual differences in flow proneness are related to a polymorphism of the dopamine D2 receptor coding gene (DRD2 C957T rs6277). This polymorphism affects striatal D2 receptor availability, a factor that has been shown to be related to flow proneness. To our knowledge, this is the first study to investigate the association between this trait and a specific gene variant. In a sample of 236 healthy Hungarian adults, we found that CC homozygotes report higher flow proneness than do T allele carriers, but only during mandatory activities (i.e., studying and working), not during leisure time. We discuss implications of this result, e.g., the potential mediators of the relationship.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Additional Information: | Funding Information: This work was supported by the Hungarian Scientific Research Fund (OTKA K100845 ). We are also grateful for the support of the Active Psychology Foundation. Publisher Copyright: © 2016 Elsevier Inc.. |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | drd2 c957t,flow proneness,genetic association,experimental and cognitive psychology,developmental and educational psychology ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/3200/3205 |
| Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Psychology |
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| Depositing User: | LivePure Connector |
| Date Deposited: | 12 Aug 2024 15:30 |
| Last Modified: | 21 Oct 2024 00:53 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/96199 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.concog.2016.02.014 |
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