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CORRELATION OF SOMATIC, BIOCHEMICAL, PERCEPTUAL, AND RORSCHACH DATA ON 40 HEALTHY MALE SUBJECTS
Author(s) -
Murawski Benjamin J.,
Jones Kenneth J.
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
psychophysiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.661
H-Index - 156
eISSN - 1469-8986
pISSN - 0048-5772
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-8986.1970.tb02264.x
Subject(s) - psychology , rorschach test , correlation , perception , developmental psychology , stroop effect , cognition , mathematics , neuroscience , geometry
Canonical correlation was used to investigate the interrelationships between somatic, biochemical, and psychological variables in 40 healthy male subjects. Four roots (or factors) were extracted which demonstrated overlap in four sets of variables: 1) Somatic (height, weight, body volume, body surface area); 2) Biochemical (adrenal steroids, pepsinogen, creatinine, urine volume); 3) Perceptual (Embedded Faces, Stroop Test, Time Estimation, Flicker Fusion); and 4) Rorschach indices. The first root linked style of spatial orientation with height. The second factor extracted major loadings for all sets of variables and was dominated by big body size, high and variable biochemical values, and low perceptual control. The final factors were less well defined. Genetic or constitutional forces could be inferred and the interaction of personality, biochemical, and somatic variables was clearly demonstrated.