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Sex Differences in How Erotic and Painful Stimuli Impair Inhibitory Control

Sex Differences in How Erotic and Painful Stimuli Impair Inhibitory Control

Authors :
Yu, Jiaxin
Hung, Daisy L.
Tseng, Philip
Source :
Cognition. Aug 2012 124(2):251-255.
Publication Year :
2012

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. (Contains 2 figures.)

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
0010-0277
Volume :
124
Issue :
2
Database :
ERIC
Journal :
Cognition
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
EJ971179
Document Type :
Journal Articles<br />Reports - Research
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2012.04.007