The Parkinsonian Personality: A Habit of Highly Successful
People? Parkinson’s Disease. As soon as we hear this, we think
“neurodegenerative”, “dopamine”, “Levodopa”, “tremor”, “basal
ganglia”, and so on. However, it is odd for one to associate
Parkinson’s to Personality. Some common personality types
exhibited by most individuals with the disease are
obsessiveness, industriousness, reservedness, rigidness,
cautiousness and punctuality. The most distinct characteristic
underlying these traits is the lack of novelty-seeking. This
Parkinsonian Personality has created an inquisitive approach to
the disease for nearly a century. Scientists are now
increasingly showing more awareness towards this aspect of
Parkinson’s. The world’s most reviled dictator, Hitler, seemed
to exhibit the Parkinsonian Personality. This and the other
motor symptoms of Parkinson’s disease are allegedly a key factor
for his downfall. However there has been an incessant effort to
discover if it is these personality traits that trigger the c