Extraversion and performance: A cognitive-energetical approach

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 475-486

  Smulders, Fren T Y ^a   Meijer, Ewout H ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Arousal; Cognitive performance; Degradation; Extraversion; Foreperiod; Personality; RT distribution; Time on task

Indexed keywords

EID: 36148949038     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2007.09.012     Document Type: Article

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