McLaughlin T J, Lewis C N
J Nerv Ment Dis. 1975 Nov;161(5):336-42.
Social responsivity and spontaneous attentiveness to the environment were evaluated in a heterogeneous sample of psychiatric patients. Each of the 22 male inpatients was first seen in a nondirective, taped interview and then tested with a feedback electroencephalogram (EEG) measure of attention. It was predicted that those patients who were more responsive in the interview a) would initially be more reactive in terms of their EEG response to visual stimulation; and b) would maintain their attentiveness longer than would the less socially responsive group. The results indicated significant correlations (from +.49 to +.64) between the measures of interview responsivity and attentional reactivity for ranks across all Ss. In addition, when the sample was divided into two separate groups of high vs. low social responders, group differences were found with respect to both initial EEG reactivity and the measures of persistence of attentiveness. The results appear to have implications for the "trait" concept within personality theory, and less directly, for aspects of psychoanalytic theory. In addition, the clear group differences obtained on a variety of attentional parameters underline the potential usefulness of the method of feedback in the study of EEG and behavior.
在一组异质性精神科患者样本中评估了社交反应性和对环境的自发注意力。22名男性住院患者中的每一位首先接受了一次非指导性的录音访谈，然后通过反馈脑电图（EEG）注意力测量进行测试。研究预测，那些在访谈中反应更积极的患者：a）在脑电图对视觉刺激的反应方面最初会更敏感；b）比社交反应性较低的组保持注意力的时间更长。结果表明，所有受试者的访谈反应性测量与注意力反应性测量之间存在显著相关性（从+.49到+.64）。此外，当样本分为社交反应性高与低的两个独立组时，发现两组在初始脑电图反应性和注意力持续性测量方面均存在差异。这些结果似乎对人格理论中的“特质”概念有影响，对精神分析理论的影响则不太直接。此外，在各种注意力参数上获得的明显组间差异凸显了反馈方法在脑电图和行为研究中的潜在用途。
