Relationship of Personality Measures to the Alpha Rhythm of the Electroencephalogram

Abstract

Conventionalsaline pad electrodes were held to the scalp by a standard rubber head-cap. Bipolar recordings were made from electrode pairs C@-O@, 02-C4, 01-02 ‘¿ 99

Extraversion and Individual Differences in Auditory Evoked Response

“…Studies which have failed to support that hypothesis have been reported by Henry and Knott (1941), Claridge and Herrington (1963), Fenton and Scotton (1967), Gale, Coles, Kline, and Penfold (1971), Gale, Harpham, and Lucas (1972), and Winter, Broadhurst, and Glass (1972). The contrary hypothesis indicating higher levels of arousal for extraverts has been reported by McAdam and Orme (1954), Mundy-Castle (1955), and Broadhurst and Glass (1969). Some support indicating increased levels of cortical activity for introverts has been reported with the somatosensory evoked response (Shagass & Schwartz, 1965).…”

Personality and the EEG: Arousal and emotional arousability

“…(1983), Gale has come to the conclusion that the contradictions in the field can be resolved if some common sources of error are removed, particularly the variation in experimental conditions. These have ranged widely, from rest with closed eyes (Kondo, Bean, Travis & Knott, 1978) to potentially highly arousing tasks, such as mental arithmetic (Broadhurst & Glass, 1969). Gale argues that only conditions inducing intermediate arousal (e.g.…”

A state-trait analysis of alpha density and personality variables in a normal population

“…This is a 24-item, Yes-?-No scale with higher scores suggestive of increasing extroversion. Although previous comparisons (2,31) with EEG records have been inconclusive, positive correlations were predicted based on Hypothesis 1. Test 3 was the Harvard Group Scale of Hypnotic Susceptibility (33).…”