Sex differences in how erotic and painful stimuli impair inhibitory control

Jiaxin Yu; Daisy L. Hung; Philip Tseng; Ovid J L Tzeng; Neil G. Muggleton; Chi Hung Juan

doi:10.1016/j.cognition.2012.04.007

Sex differences in how erotic and painful stimuli impair inhibitory control

Jiaxin Yu, Daisy L. Hung, Philip Tseng, Ovid J L Tzeng, Neil G. Muggleton, Chi Hung Juan

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	251-255
Number of pages	5
Journal	Cognition
Volume	124
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2012.04.007
Publication status	Published - Aug 2012
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Emotion
Response inhibition
Sex difference

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Linguistics and Language
Cognitive Neuroscience
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Language and Linguistics
Developmental and Educational Psychology

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