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Relationship of Personality Measures to the Alpha Rhythm of the Electroencephalogram

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Anne Broadhurst  and
A. Glass
Anne Broadhurst
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Birmingham
A. Glass
Affiliation:
Department of Anatomy, University of Birmingham; United Birmingham Hospitals; The Medical School, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, 15
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The relationship of electroencephalographic (EEG) differences to personality measures aroused early interest (see Hill, 1963). For example, Adrian (1935) considered that EEG variations between subjects might correspond to differences in emotional constitution, and contrasts have been found in the personalities of patients with high and those with low alpha indices (McAdam and Orme, 1954).

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Personality Disorders and Personality Measurements
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 115 , Issue 519 , February 1969 , pp. 199 - 204
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1969 

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