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Latency of auditory P300 correlates with self‐control as measured by the Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire
Author(s) -
LEE HEONJEONG,
KIM LEEN,
HAN CHANGSU,
KIM YONGKU,
KIM SEUNGHYUN,
LEE MINSOO,
JOE SOOKHAENG,
JUNG INKWA
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
psychiatry and clinical neurosciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.609
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1440-1819
pISSN - 1323-1316
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1819.2005.01394.x
Subject(s) - psychology , latency (audio) , personality , audiology , clinical psychology , factor (programming language) , medicine , social psychology , computer science , telecommunications , programming language
The reception, processing, and storage of information about experience define personality. The present study investigated the relationship between auditory event‐related potentials (AERP) and personality traits. The AERP were recorded using a standard auditory oddball paradigm, and personality was evaluated by Cattell's Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire (16PF) in 20 healthy young male subjects. The P300 latency was found to be significantly associated with rule consciousness (factor G in the 16PF), perfectionism (factor Q3), and self‐control (factor SC): it was negatively correlated with G score ( r =−0.56, P = 0.01), Q3 score ( r =−0.67, P = 0.001), and SC score ( r =−0.65, P = 0.002). Moreover, the P300 amplitude and N100 amplitude were negatively correlated with reasoning (factor B; r =−0.46, P = 0.044; and r = −0.72, P = 0.002, respectively). These results indicate that the personality traits of self‐control, perfectionism, high superego, and reasoning are related to information processing in the brain.