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Electro-Cerebral Activity, Extraversion and Neuroticism

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

R. D. Savage*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychological Medicine, King's College, University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne

Extract

Several investigators have attempted to relate cerebral activity to extraversion and neuroticism. These include Berger (1933), Jasper (1937), Gottlober (1938), Henry and Knott (1941), Knott (1941), Darrow (1947), Lindsley (1950), McAdam and Orme (1954), Gastaut (1957) and Brazier (1960). The results, however, have been inconclusive.

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Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1964 

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