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Personality Variables and Alpha Enhancement: A Correlative Study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Terry A. Travis ,
C. Y. Kondo  and
J. R. Knott
Terry A. Travis
Affiliation:
Dept. of Psychiatry, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Box 3926, Springfield, Illinois 62708
C. Y. Kondo
Affiliation:
Dept. of Psychiatry and EEG and Neurophysiology, College of Medicine, University of Iowa, 500 Newton Road, Iowa City, Iowa 52240
J. R. Knott
Affiliation:
Dept. of Psychiatry and EEG and Neurophysiology, College of Medicine, University of Iowa, 500 Newton Road, Iowa City, Iowa 52240
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Investigations into possible relationships between EEG and personality traits began in 1935 (Lemere, 1935), and have continued sporadically (Saul et al., 1937; Gottlober, 1938; Lindsley, 1938; Henry and Knott, 1941). More recently there has been a controversial British exchange (Savage, 1964; Fenton and Scotton, 1967; Broadhurst and Glass, 1969; Young et al., 1971).

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 124 , Issue 583 , June 1974 , pp. 542 - 544
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1974 

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