Punishment sensitivity predicts the impact of punishment on cognitive control.
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- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 24058520.
- Also identified by DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0074106 and PMC identifier 3772886.
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Abstract
Cognitive control theories predict enhanced conflict adaptation after punishment. However, no such effect was found in previous work. In the present study, we demonstrate in a flanker task how behavioural adjustments following punishment signals are highly dependent on punishment sensitivity (as measured by the Behavioural Inhibition System (BIS) scale): Whereas low punishment-sensitive participants do show increased conflict adaptation after punishment, high punishment-sensitive participants show no such modulation. Interestingly, participants with a high punishment-sensitivity showed an overall reaction time increase after punishments. Our results stress the role of individual differences in explaining motivational modulations of cognitive control.
Medical subject headings
- Adaptation, Psychological
- Cognition
- Punishment