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2021 APS Virtual Convention · 2021

Effects of Sensory Sensitivity on Inhibitory Control As a Function of Trait Impulsivity and Trait Anxiety: An Event-Related Potential Study

Virtual · May 2021

Posters · Neuroscience

  • Carolynn Hare
    University of Western Ontario
  • Carolynn Hare
    Western University
  • Carolynn Hare
    Western University
  • Ayda Tekok-Kilic
    Brock University
  • Ayda Tekok-Kilic
    Brock University
  • Erin Panda
    Developmental Neuroscience Lab
  • Erin Panda
    Brock University
  • Sidney Segalowitz
    Brock University
  • Sidney Segalowitz
    Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience Lab

Abstract

How do individual differences in sensory sensitivity, trait impulsivity and trait anxiety influence inhibitory control using the N2 event-related potential (ERP)? We found that impulsivity and trait anxiety moderated the effects of sensory sensitivity on N2 amplitude, suggesting their combination differentially impacts inhibitory control.

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