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Does Rare Error Count in Impulsivity? Difference in Error-Negativity

Takács, Á. and Kóbor, Andrea and Honbolygó, F. and Csépe, Valéria (2015) Does Rare Error Count in Impulsivity? Difference in Error-Negativity. JOURNAL OF PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY, 29 (2). pp. 64-72. ISSN 0269-8803

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Abstract

High impulsive individuals have problems with self - monitoring and learning from their mistakes. The aim of this study was to investigate whether error processing is impaired in high trait impulsivity, and how it is modulated by the task difficulty. Adults were classified as high ( n = 10) and low ( n = 10) impulsive participants based on the Barratt Impulsiveness Scale, and they participated in a modified flanker task. The flanker trials had three levels of task difficulty manipulated by visual degradation of the stimuli. We measured RTs and ERP components (Ne, Pe) related to erroneous responses. L ow impulsive participants responded significantly faster tha n high impulsive participants . The two groups did not differ in accuracy. The Ne amplitude was smaller in high than in low impulsivity in case of medium and high difficulty levels , but not at low difficulty level . However, the groups did not differ either in the amplitude or in the latency of Pe. We suggest that trait impulsivity is characterized by impaired error detection.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion / filozófia, pszichológia, vallás > BF Psychology / lélektan
SWORD Depositor: MTMT SWORD
Depositing User: MTMT SWORD
Date Deposited: 29 Mar 2015 18:54
Last Modified: 01 Apr 2016 23:15
URI: http://real.mtak.hu/id/eprint/23383

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