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creators_name: Roslan, N.S.
creators_name: Izhar, L.I.
creators_name: Faye, I.
creators_name: Amin, H.U.
creators_name: Saad, M.N.M.
creators_name: Sivapalan, S.
creators_name: Karim, S.A.A.
creators_name: Rahman, M.A.
title: Neural correlates of eye contact in face-to-face verbal interaction: An EEG-based study of the extraversion personality trait
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keywords: adult; article; clinical article; controlled study; electroencephalogram; electroencephalography; extraversion; eye; Eysenck Personality Questionnaire; human; human experiment; human tissue; male; occipital cortex; oscillation; social interaction; verbal behavior; human relation; normal human; occipital lobe; personality test; physiology; psychology; self evaluation; social behavior; young adult, Electroencephalography; Extraversion, Psychological; Healthy Volunteers; Humans; Interpersonal Relations; Male; Occipital Lobe; Personality Inventory; Self-Assessment; Social Behavior; Young Adult
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abstract: The extraversion personality trait has a positive correlation with social interaction. In neuroimaging studies, investigations on extraversion in face-to-face verbal interactions are still scarce. This study presents an electroencephalography (EEG)-based investigation of the extraversion personality trait in relation to eye contact during face-to-face interactions, as this is a vital signal in social interactions. A sample of healthy male participants were selected (consisting of sixteen more extraverted and sixteen less extraverted individuals) and evaluated with the Eysenck�s Personality Inventory (EPI) and Big Five Inventory (BFI) tools. EEG alpha oscillations in the occipital region were measured to investigate extraversion personality trait correlates of eye contact during a face-to-face interaction task and an eyes-open condition. The results revealed that the extraversion personality trait has a significant positive correlation with EEG alpha coherence in the occipital region, presumably due to its relationship with eye contact during the interaction task. Furthermore, the decrease in EEG alpha power during the interaction task compared to the eyes-open condition was found to be greater in the less extraverted participants; however, no significant difference was observed between the less and more extraverted participants. Overall, these findings encourage further research towards the understanding of neural mechanism correlates of the extraversion personality trait�particularly in social interaction. © 2019 Roslan 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.
date: 2019
publisher: Public Library of Science
official_url: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85069716791&doi=10.1371%2fjournal.pone.0219839&partnerID=40&md5=86b2c596c403a013bbaddbc119e3de8f
id_number: 10.1371/journal.pone.0219839
full_text_status: none
publication: PLoS ONE
volume: 14
number: 7
refereed: TRUE
issn: 19326203
citation:   Roslan, N.S. and Izhar, L.I. and Faye, I. and Amin, H.U. and Saad, M.N.M. and Sivapalan, S. and Karim, S.A.A. and Rahman, M.A.  (2019) Neural correlates of eye contact in face-to-face verbal interaction: An EEG-based study of the extraversion personality trait.  PLoS ONE, 14 (7).   ISSN 19326203