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Personality and Regional Cerebral Blood Flow

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Roy J. Mathew ,
Maxine L. Weinman  and
Deborah L. Barr
Roy J. Mathew
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, USA
Maxine L. Weinman
Affiliation:
Psychosomatic Research Section, Texas Research Institute of Mental Sciences, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
Deborah L. Barr
Affiliation:
Psychosomatic Research Section, Texas Research Institute of Mental Sciences, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
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Summary

The extraversion–introversion dimension of personality is believed to have an inverse relationship with cortical arousal. Brain capillary perfusion is a well established index of brain function and arousal. Regional cerebral blood flow was measured in 51 right-handed females whose personality structure was examined with the Eysenck Personality Inventory (EPI). Significant inverse correlations were found between the brain blood flow and the extraversion–introversion score of EPI.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 144 , Issue 5 , May 1984 , pp. 529 - 532
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Copyright © 1984 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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