

The mental challenge was a combination of memory and mental arithmetic tasks. The Eysenck Personality Inventory was used for assessment of neuroticism. A total of 41 young volunteers (25 males and 16 females) were studied. The aim of the present study was to compare the vascular responses to mental load in low neurotic and high neurotic subjects. The studies aimed at elucidating the association between neuroticism and cardiovascular response to stress have produced contradictory data. Various personality traits are thought to have an influence on stress reactivity.
