Ambiverts Potentially Have Better Orienting Response than Extraverts in Visual Oddball Paradigm of Event Related Potential

  • Authors

    • Nasir Yusoff
    • Yan Shan Tai
    • Saidah Napisah Muhammad
    • Faruque Reza
    2018-08-08
    https://doi.org/10.14419/ijet.v7i3.22.17117
  • Ambiversion, Extraversion, P300, Personality, Visual oddball

  • Abstract

    Background: Differences in personality may indicate dissimilarity in the process of cognition.  Objectives: To investigate and compare the neural substrate of P300 component evoked between ambiverts and extraverts in visual oddball paradigm of Event Related Potential study.  Methods: Forty undergraduate medical students from Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) were recruited and screened for personality by using USM Personality Inventory (USMaP-i).  In the Event Related Potential (ERP) session, participants (N=19 ambiverts and 20 extraverts) completed a visual oddball paradigm in counterbalanced order.  Results: Mann Whitney Test showed that, compared to ambiverts, the extraverts showed diminished P300 amplitude at the Fz electrode, but not at other electrodes. Conclusion: Ambiverts might have better orienting response than extraverts.

     

     

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    Yusoff, N., Shan Tai, Y., Napisah Muhammad, S., & Reza, F. (2018). Ambiverts Potentially Have Better Orienting Response than Extraverts in Visual Oddball Paradigm of Event Related Potential. International Journal of Engineering & Technology, 7(3.22), 27-31. https://doi.org/10.14419/ijet.v7i3.22.17117

    Received date: 2018-08-08

    Accepted date: 2018-08-08

    Published date: 2018-08-08