TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2006//
TI  - Energetical bases of extraversion: effort, arousal, EEG, and performance
JO  - International journal of psychophysiology
A1  - Beauducel, Andre
A1  - Brocke, Burkhard
A1  - Leue, Anja
SP  - 212
EP  - 223
VL  - 62
IS  - 2
N2  - This study investigates an extension of H.J. Eysenck's [Eysenck, H.J., 1967. The Biological Basis of Personality. Charles C. Thomas, Springfield, IL] arousal theory of extraversion, incorporating an effort system as a control system for different aspects of arousal. Extraverts were expected to have lower levels of reticocortical arousal than introverts, to invest more effort, and to have lower task performance in a monotonous vigilance task. In a 40-min vigilance task, participants had to react to the shorter of two 1 kHz tones presented binaurally at an event rate of 200 per 10 min. Spontaneous EEG, event-related potential, and performance data of 40 extremely introverted and 41 extremely extraverted students were available for statistical analysis. A tendency for lower arousal levels of extraverts (alpha 2 band), the expected higher effort investment (P300) and a lower performance (hits) of extraverts were found.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0167-8760
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2005.12.001
ID  - ref1
ER  -