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Multiple Personality—An Objective Case Study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Kim Larmore
Affiliation:
University of Kentucky Medical School, Veterans Administration Hospital, Lexington, Kentucky
Arnold M. Ludwig
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Kentucky Medical School
Rolene L. Cain
Affiliation:
University of Kentucky Medical School

Summary

A case of multiple personality is presented and described. Psychological and neurophysiological parameters obtained on the personalities are evaluated. Major differences between the personalities in the processing of sensory information (augmenting-reducing parameter) are discussed.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1977 

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