APS
30th APS Annual Convention · 2018
The Attentional Impact of Social Ostracism on Healthy Adults
- James Sullivan
UC Merced - Gracie Briggs
UC Merced - Joshua Garry
UC Merced - Alexander Khislavsky
University of California, Merced - Christia Langston
UC Merced - Devina Jimenez
UC Merced - Angelica Soza
University of California, Merced - Eva Cisneros
UC Merced - Jeffrey Gilger
University of California, Merced
Abstract
We investigated the impact of ostracism on attention in healthy college-aged volunteers. Using Cyberball, a repeated-measures design exposed groups to ‘ostracism’ or ‘inclusion’. Those ostracized showed increased difficulties with emotion-based measures of sustained attention. Findings seem pertinent to ADHD children, as their symptoms may also be exacerbated by ostracism(Hoza, 2007).
Emotion
