Abstract
Personality and Attitudinal Correlates of Ability to Increase Alpha Production in EEG Biofeedback Training
K. Zirkel, R.A.C. Stewart & C. Preston
This study focusses on the question "are there personality and attitudinal differences which make individuals more likely to increase alpha production in EEG biofeedback training?" Subjects were undergraduate students (N=12) at Memorial University. The standardized inventories used were a) Eysenck Personality Inventory. y (EPI) Form B; b) Wilson-Patterson Conservatism Scale; c) Allport-Vernon-Lindzey Study of Values; and d) Wrightsman Philosophies of Human Nature Scale. EEG signals recorded on a Beckman R511 polygraph. Electrodes recorded brain-wave activity from a right occipital-temporal location. The training effect on the first biofeedback segment (as compared to the base-line) correlated significantly (.68 p<.05) with the lie scale of the EPI. As well the training effect on the second biofeedback segment correlated ( - .82 p < .05) with the Theoretical Value score from the AVL Study of Values. In addition females were to be shown significantly higher on the number of seconds per minute for which the S was "in alpha".