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Social Sciences (SOC): SOC-2

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Event-related potential correlates of the big five. E. DRAKE, G. STARRATT, and C. STARRATT.  Dept. of Psychology, Barry University, Miami Shores, FL 33161. Up to this point, investigators who have endeavored to find a relationship between personality characteristics and electrophysiological measures have focused on the trait of extraversion. The present study extends this research by examining the relationship between event-related potential (ERP) brain responses and all of the Big Five personality factors: neuroticism, extraversion, openness, agreeableness and conscientiousness using an auditory oddball paradigm. Student participants completed the NEO Personality Inventory and ERPs were elicited using an auditory oddball paradigm. Results indicate that personality traits are differentially reflected by electrophysiological measures of attention.