[{"id":631,"title":"Relationships Between Polymathy as a Trait and Neurochemically-Based Individual Differences","sha":"753fac5b42e4c3cac704937e5be2ef39","user_id":null,"state":"published","body":"Polymathy traditionally means “wide-ranging knowledge”. However, Sriraman(2009) and [Michael Araki](/users/7e5ab981b273ead711a70ba889e65ff0) [Polymathy_](/ideas/8e54bb477f4fe239e7a364af3d219c65) have proposed that polymathy can function as a trait. Based the idea that polymathic people distinguishably seek to develop breadth and depth of knowledge as well as novel and useful integrations arising from it, we developed the Trait Polymathy Questionnaire, a self-report instrument. In a preliminary study, we found the following relationships between trait polymathy dimensions and neurochemically-based temperament traits:\r\n\r\n1.\tGeneral polymathy is positively associated with cortical temperament traits—plasticity(PL); probabilistic processing(PRO); and intellectual endurance(ERI)—as well as sensation seeking(SS) and self-satisfaction(SLF), and negatively associated with neuroticism(NEU).\r\n2.\tThe depth dimension alone shows no association with SS, nor plasticity or SLF. Thus, polymathy requires more novelty-seeking, speed of mental integration and self-satisfaction than specialism. \r\n3.\tThe breadth dimension alone shows no association with intellectual endurance and a stronger association with SS. Thus, an aspiring polymath without sustained attention will likely become a dilettante, not a polymath.\r\n4.\tThe integrativity dimension shows a stronger negative relationship with neuroticism and and association with motor tempo(TMS), possibly indicative of stronger dopaminergic system.\r\n\r\nPolymathy seems to originate from a unique set of traits working synergistically. Mainly cortical systems coupled with security about performance when faced with uncertainty.\r\n","created_at":"2019-11-15T20:33:30.997Z","updated_at":"2023-10-30T00:35:56.668Z","zenodo_id":3549054,"doi":"https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3549054","subject":null,"tags":["polymathy","polymath","temperament","personality","individual differences","differential psychology","neurochemistry","creativity","expertise","knowledge","genius","eminence","renaissance person"],"vote_count":0,"view_count":1,"score":1.1,"deleted":false,"muted":false,"tweeted":true,"attachment_file_name":"Trait_Polymathy_and_the_Functional_Ensemble_of_Temperament_together.png","attachment_content_type":"image/png","attachment_file_size":653291,"attachment_updated_at":"2019-11-15T20:33:30.856Z"}]