Event-Related Potentials, Personality, and Intelligence

Abstract

examine the convergences and distinctions in the application of ERP [event-related potentials] methods to the study of personality and intelligence / ERPs are records of the electrocortical activity that is evoked by physical stimuli and modulated by psychological processes such as attention, memory, and cognition / the rationale and strategies guiding the research are briefly noted / the functional significance of the ERP components relevant to personality and intelligence research is outlined / the ERP components and paradigms that have been most successful in demonstrating consistent or promising findings are illustrated, and the insights that this work offers are discussed constructs and measures / basic ERP concepts / personality and sensory ERP's / intelligence and sensory ERPs / overview of personality, intelligence, and sensory ERPs / cognitive-related potentials: the P300 component / intelligence and P300 / personality and P300 / brainstem auditory evoked potentials (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2019 APA, all rights reserved)