How brain arousal systems determine different temperament types and the major dimensions of personality

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1233-1259

  Robinson, David L ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Arousal; Averaged evoked potentials; Brain; EEG; Event related potentials; Extraversion; Neural excitation; Neural inhibition; Neuroticism; Personality dimensions; Temperament types

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035605197     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8869(00)00211-7     Document Type: Article

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