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    Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference
    |March 5, 2025
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    Gait analysis can predict personality traits like extraversion-introversion and sensing-intuition. Plantar pressure data and machine learning show potential for classifying these traits from walking patterns.

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    Area of Science:

    • Biomechanics
    • Psychology
    • Machine Learning

    Background:

    • Gait provides rich individual information, yet studies linking gait and personality are limited.
    • Existing research lacks comprehensive analysis of diverse gait data and personality traits.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To investigate the potential of classifying personality traits using gait cycle features from plantar pressure data.
    • To analyze the correlation between specific gait cycle features and personality dimensions.

    Main Methods:

    • Collected gait plantar pressure data and personality type information from 24 healthy subjects.
    • Extracted gait cycle features and employed Support Vector Machine (SVM) for classification.
    • Utilized Pearson correlation analysis to examine feature importance and gait-personality relationships.

    Main Results:

    • SVM achieved classification accuracies of 0.775 for E-I, 0.741 for S-N, 0.63 for T-F, and 0.65 for J-P.
    • Significant correlations were found between E-I and 2nd Double Support Time (-0.45), and S-N and Mid Stance Time (-0.418).
    • No significant correlations were observed for T-F and J-P personality dimensions.

    Conclusions:

    • Gait cycle features from plantar pressure data show potential for classifying certain personality traits (E-I, S-N).
    • This study offers foundational insights into the relationship between gait biomechanics and personality.
    • Further research is needed to explore T-F and J-P trait classification and refine gait-based personality analysis.