Personality traits and its association with resting regional brain activity

Tran, Y; Craig, A; Boord, P; Connell, K; Cooper, N; Gordon, E

Personality traits and its association with resting regional brain activity

Tran, Y

Craig, A

Boord, P Connell, K Cooper, N Gordon, E

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Citation:: International Journal of Psychophysiology, 2006, 60 (3), pp. 215 - 224
Issue Date:: 2006-06-01

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dc.contributor.author	Tran, Y https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1741-4205	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Craig, A https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7647-7604	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Boord, P	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Connell, K	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Cooper, N	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Gordon, E	en_US
dc.date.available	2005-05-31	en_US
dc.date.issued	2006-06-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	International Journal of Psychophysiology, 2006, 60 (3), pp. 215 - 224	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0167-8760	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/4443
dc.description.abstract	The association between personality and resting brain activity was investigated. Personality was assessed using the NEO-Five-factor Inventory (NEO-FFI) and resting brain activity was indexed by eyes closed EEG spectral magnitude from four frequency bands over the entire cortex. Results suggest that there are differences between males and females in the NEO-FFI personality traits. The NEO FFI traits were associated with lower frequency brain activity in both males and females. Mild significant and consistent associations were found between delta and theta activity across all cortical regions with Extraversion and Conscientiousness. There were few associations between personality traits and alpha and beta activity, this was shown in males only. Fewer associations between personality and faster frequency bands such as alpha may be due to the methodological problem of using fixed alpha bands. Multiple regression analyses showed that individual alpha frequencies had a greater contribution to personality traits than fixed band alpha waves. © 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	International Journal of Psychophysiology	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2005.05.008	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Experimental Psychology	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Brain	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Humans	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Electroencephalography	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Brain Mapping	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Multivariate Analysis	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Regression Analysis	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Personality	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Personality Inventory	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Sex Factors	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Adolescent	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Adult	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Aged	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Aged, 80 and over	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Middle Aged	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Child	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Female	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Male	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Databases as Topic	en_US
dc.title	Personality traits and its association with resting regional brain activity	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Science
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Abstract:

The association between personality and resting brain activity was investigated. Personality was assessed using the NEO-Five-factor Inventory (NEO-FFI) and resting brain activity was indexed by eyes closed EEG spectral magnitude from four frequency bands over the entire cortex. Results suggest that there are differences between males and females in the NEO-FFI personality traits. The NEO FFI traits were associated with lower frequency brain activity in both males and females. Mild significant and consistent associations were found between delta and theta activity across all cortical regions with Extraversion and Conscientiousness. There were few associations between personality traits and alpha and beta activity, this was shown in males only. Fewer associations between personality and faster frequency bands such as alpha may be due to the methodological problem of using fixed alpha bands. Multiple regression analyses showed that individual alpha frequencies had a greater contribution to personality traits than fixed band alpha waves. © 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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