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Title: How brain arousal systems determine different temperament types and the major dimensions of personality.
Author: Robinson,-David-L
Abstract:
Theory and research is described which led to the hypothesis that the choleric (E+N+) and melancholic (E-N+) temperaments are determined by differences in thalamocortical inhibition of brain-stem processes. An opportunity to test this hypothesis was provi
Journal: Personality-and-Individual-Differences. 2001 Dec; Vol 31(8): 1233-1259