Narcissistic people cannot be moved easily by visual stimulation

Perception. 2011;40(11):1390-2. doi: 10.1068/p7062.

Abstract

We examined the relationship between personality and visually induced self-motion perception (latency, duration, and magnitude). A psychological experiment with radially expanding patterns that induced self-motion perception along the fore and aft axis was conducted, followed by personality assessments. We found that all the measures of self-motion perception we examined correlated negatively with the degree of narcissistic traits.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Humans
  • Motion Perception / physiology*
  • Narcissism*
  • Photic Stimulation
  • Surveys and Questionnaires