Sex differences in how erotic and painful stimuli impair inhibitory control
Journal
Cognition
Journal Volume
124
Journal Issue
2
Start Page
251
End Page
255
ISSN
0010-0277
Date Issued
2012-08-01
Author(s)
DOI
10.1016/j.cognition.2012.04.007
Abstract
Witnessing emotional events such as arousal or pain may impair ongoing cognitive processes such as inhibitory control. We found that this may be true only half of the time. Erotic images and painful video clips were shown to men and women shortly before a stop signal task, which measures cognitive inhibitory control. These stimuli impaired inhibitory control only in men and not in women, suggesting that emotional stimuli may be processed with different weights depending on gender. © 2012 Elsevier B.V.
Subjects
Emotion
Response inhibition
Sex difference
SDGs
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Type
journal article