title: Temporal lobe signs and personality characteristics.
abstract: Mature university students (14 men and 16 women) were asked to complete the 16 PF and a scale that samples temporal lobe signs in the normal population. People who reported frequent temporal lobe experiences were more emotionally unstable, impulsive, emotionally sensitive (imaginative inner self, actions based upon intuition and self-anxiety), and tense (free-floating anxiety). The results were compatible with personality characteristics of people who report "temporal lobe experiences" and have been assessed by the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory and the California Personality Inventory.
authors: Department of Psychology, Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada.
authors: M A
authors: MA
authors: Persinger
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D004833:Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019965:Neurocognitive Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D010556:Personality Tests; D011594:Psychometrics