Klaus-Peter Lesch is a German clinical

psychiatrist A psychiatrist is a physician who specializes in psychiatry, the branch of medicine devoted to the diagnosis, prevention, study, and treatment of mental disorders. Psychiatrists are physicians and evaluate patients to determine whether their sy ...

who has been investigating the neurobiological foundation of

personality traits In psychology, trait theory (also called dispositional theory) is an approach to the study of human personality. Trait theorists are primarily interested in the measurement of ''traits'', which can be defined as habitual patterns of behaviour, tho ...

His 1996 paper on the association between the

5-HTTLPR 5-HTTLPR (serotonin-transporter-linked promoter region) is a degenerate repeat polymorphic region in ''SLC6A4'', the gene that codes for the serotonin transporter. Since the polymorphism was identified in the middle of the 1990s, it has been exten ...

polymorphism in the

serotonin transporter The serotonin transporter (SERT or 5-HTT) also known as the sodium-dependent serotonin transporter and solute carrier family 6 member 4 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the SLC6A4 gene. SERT is a type of monoamine transporter protein tha ...

gene and the personality trait

neuroticism In the study of psychology, neuroticism has been considered a fundamental personality trait. For example, in the Big Five approach to personality trait theory, individuals with high scores for neuroticism are more likely than average to be moody ...

has been highly cited and was one of the first papers in

personality genetics Personality psychology is a branch of psychology that examines personality and its variation among individuals. It aims to show how people are individually different due to psychological forces. Its areas of focus include: * construction of a ...

. He is professor at the

University of Würzburg The Julius Maximilian University of Würzburg (also referred to as the University of Würzburg, in German ''Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg'') is a public research university in Würzburg, Germany. The University of Würzburg is one of ...

. Among his coauthors has been Peter Riederer.

Important Publications

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External links

Klaus-Peter Lesch at Würzburg University

References

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