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Reconciling discrete psychological typology with a psychobiological continuum

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 June 1999

Michel Le Moal
Affiliation:
Psychobiologie des Comportements Adaptatifs - INSERM U.259, Domaine de Carreire 33077 Bordeaux Cedex, Francemichel.le-moal@bordeaux.inserm.fr
Pier Vincenzo Piazza
Affiliation:
Psychobiologie des Comportements Adaptatifs - INSERM U.259, Domaine de Carreire 33077 Bordeaux Cedex, Francemichel.le-moal@bordeaux.inserm.fr
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Abstract

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Structure entails arrangements and interrelations of parts that organize the whole (i.e., personality). It involves stability of traits over time. Extraversion varies along a continuum towards introversion. Multiple behavioral and biological variables in several systems vary and are regulated homeostatically within the normal range. If there is a fixed point for an individual, what inhibits variation in the biological parameter?

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Open Peer Commentary
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© 1999 Cambridge University Press