[en] Event-related potential (ERP) studies evidenced that some personality dimensions induced different controlled cognitive attitudes towards the processing of information. However, few data are available on the possible relationships between personality and automatic attention or early sensory processing. In the present study the relationships between the mismatch negativity (MMN) and personality described by the Cloninger model of personality were investigated. Subjects were 32 healthy volunteers. The MMN was recorded with frequent stimuli tones of 1470 Hz, 70 dB and 40 ms duration, and target (20%) tones of 1470 Hz, 70 dB, 80 ms duration. The subjects completed a French version of the 226-item self-questionnaire TCI within the day following psychophysiological recording. The results showed that the HA dimension was negatively correlated with the MMN amplitude. The association was more present among women than men. No significant relationship existed between the other dimensions of personality and either the MMN amplitude or latency. These findings suggest that the MMN is related to the behavioral inhibition system (BIS), a fact which is consistent with clinical studies conducted on schizophrenia and anxiety disorders. In conclusion, this study suggests that personality dimensions induce different automatic attitudes towards the processing of information. (C) 2002 Published by Elsevier Science Ltd.
Research center :
Centre de Neurosciences Comportementale et Cognitive
Disciplines :
Social, industrial & organizational psychology
Author, co-author :
Hansenne, Michel ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences cognitives > Psycho. de la personnalité et des différences individuelles
Pinto, Emmanuel ; Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège - CHU > Psychiatrie et psychologie médicale
Scantamburlo, Gabrielle ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences cliniques > Département des sciences cliniques
Renard, B.
Reggers, Jean ; Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège - CHU > HOSPITALISATION - PSYCHO & PSYCHIATRIE T3 -3E - Psychiatrie et psychologie médicale
Fuchs, Sonia
Pitchot, William ; Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège - CHU > Psychiatrie et psychologie médicale
Ansseau, Marc ; Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège - CHU > Psychiatrie et psychologie médicale
Language :
English
Title :
Harm avoidance is related to mismatch negativity (MMN) amplitude in healthy subjects
Publication date :
2003
Journal title :
Personality and Individual Differences
ISSN :
0191-8869
eISSN :
1873-3549
Publisher :
Pergamon Press - An Imprint of Elsevier Science, Oxford, United Kingdom
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