Sensation seeking and its biological correlates.

Marvin Zuckerman, Monte S. Buchsbaum, Dennis L. Murphy

Psychological Bulletin · 1980 · 436 citations · 130 references

Concepts

Abstract

Reviews the trait of sensation seeking and the biological phenomena associated with it: strength of the initial orienting reflex, augmenting vs reducing of the average evoked potential, MAO, and gonadal hormones (both androgen and estrogens). Both psychological and biological measures have retest re

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