Relation Between the Electrical Activity of the Cortex and the Personality in Adolescent Boys

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ID19305644
AuthorsROSWELL J GALLAGHER (Phillips Academy), ERNA L GIBBS (Phillips Academy), FREDERIC A GIBBS (Phillips Academy)
Year1942
Volume4
Issue2
Pages134-139
Publication date1942-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenuePsychosomatic Medicine (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0033-3174 • E-ISSN: 1534-7796
PublisherOvid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1097/00006842-194204000-00002
OpenAlexW2327977659
LanguageEN
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Two hundred fourteen- and fifteen-year-old boys were studied in order to see what relation exists between the electrical activity of the cortex and deviations from the norm for personality. Personalities were classified as poor, average and good. As in clinical cases, there was no one-to-one relationship between the electrical activity of the cortex and the individual's behavior and no rigid relationship could be demonstrated between personality and the electrical activity of the cortex. Nevertheless, if the electrical activity of the cortex falls within certain normal limits, the chances that the personality will be normal are increased; if it departs widely from the norm, the chances that the personality will be either poor or good are increased. The deviations from the norm encountered in the electroencephalograms of boys with poor and with good personalities are in many cases identical, but in general cortical activity which is unusually slow is likely to be associated with poor personality and cortical activity which is unusually fast with good personality

Cortex (anatomy) · Norm (philosophy) · Personality · Personality changes · Personality psychology · EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces · Functional Brain Connectivity Studies · Neuroscience · Psychology · Social Psychology

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