Agreeable smellers and sensitive neurotics - correlations among personality traits and sensory thresholds

Correlations between personality traits and a wide range of sensory thresholds were examined. Participants (N = 124) completed a personality inventory (NEO-FFI) and underwent assessment of olfactory, trigeminal, tactile and gustatory detection thresholds, as well as examination of trigeminal and tactile pain thresholds. Significantly enhanced odor sensitivity in socially agreeable people, significantly enhanced trigeminal sensitivity in neurotic subjects, and a tendency for enhanced pain tolerance in highly conscientious participants was revealed. It is postulated that varied sensory processing may influence an individual's perception of the environment; particularly their perception of socially relevant or potentially dangerous stimuli and thus, varied with personality.

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Verfasserangaben:	Ilona Croy, Maria Springborn, Jörn Lötsch ORCiD GND, Amy N. B. Johnston, Thomas Hummel ORCiD GND
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hebis:30-114680
DOI:	https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0018701
ISSN:	1932-6203
Titel des übergeordneten Werkes (Englisch):	PLoS One
Dokumentart:	Wissenschaftlicher Artikel
Sprache:	Englisch
Datum der Veröffentlichung (online):	27.04.2011
Datum der Erstveröffentlichung:	27.04.2011
Veröffentlichende Institution:	Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg
Datum der Freischaltung:	06.09.2011
Jahrgang:	6
Ausgabe / Heft:	(4): e18701
Bemerkung:	Copyright: © 2011 Croy et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Quelle:	PLoS ONE 6(4): e18701. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0018701
HeBIS-PPN:	276039858
Institute:	Fachübergreifende Einrichtungen / Zentrum für Arzneimittelforschung, Entwicklung und Sicherheit (ZAFES)
DDC-Klassifikation:	6 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften / 61 Medizin und Gesundheit / 610 Medizin und Gesundheit
Sammlungen:	Universitätspublikationen
Lizenz (Deutsch):	Creative Commons - Namensnennung 3.0

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