Troche, Stefan J.; Rammsayer, Thomas H. (2013). Attentional blink and impulsiveness: evidence for higher functional impulsivity in non-blinkers compared to blinkers. Cognitive Processing, 14(3), pp. 273-281. Springer Berlin Heidelberg 10.1007/s10339-013-0553-5
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The attentional blink (AB) represents a fundamental limit of information processing. About 5-10 % of all subjects, however, do not show the AB. Because of the low base rate of these so-called non-blinkers, studies on mechanisms underlying non-blinkers' absent AB are extremely scant. The few existent studies found non-blinkers to be faster and more efficient in information processing compared to blinkers. A personality trait that has been linked previously to speed and efficiency of information processing as well as to the magnitude of the AB is impulsivity. Therefore, the present study investigated whether 15 non-blinkers and 15 blinkers differed from each other in functional and/or dysfunctional impulsivity. To obtain a better understanding of the underlying processing mechanisms, the P300 component in the event-related potential was recorded during performance on the AB task. Our results indicated higher functional impulsivity in non-blinkers compared to blinkers but no differences between the two groups in dysfunctional impulsivity. As indicated by shorter P300 latency, non-blinkers processed information faster than blinkers after the AB period but slower during the AB period. These speed effects, however, were not associated with functional impulsivity. Thus, impulsivity and speed of information processing appear to represent two rather independent sources for non-blinkers' absent AB
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Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
07 Faculty of Human Sciences > Institute of Psychology 07 Faculty of Human Sciences > Institute of Psychology > Personality Psychology, Differential Psychology and Diagnostics 10 Strategic Research Centers > Center for Cognition, Learning and Memory (CCLM) |
UniBE Contributor: |
Troche, Stefan, Rammsayer, Thomas |
Subjects: |
100 Philosophy > 150 Psychology |
ISSN: |
1612-4790 |
Publisher: |
Springer Berlin Heidelberg |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Karin Dubler |
Date Deposited: |
23 Apr 2014 17:34 |
Last Modified: |
05 Dec 2022 14:29 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1007/s10339-013-0553-5 |
PubMed ID: |
23455945 |
BORIS DOI: |
10.7892/boris.44337 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/44337 |
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