Punishment sensitivity predicts the impact of punishment on cognitive control

Senne Braem; Wout Duthoo; Wim Notebaert

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0074106

Punishment sensitivity predicts the impact of punishment on cognitive control

Senne Braem, Wout Duthoo, Wim Notebaert

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Abstract

Cognitive control theories predict enhanced conflict adaptation after punishment. However, no such effect was found in previous work. In the present study, we demonstrate in a flanker task how behavioural adjustments following punishment signals are highly dependent on punishment sensitivity (as measured by the Behavioural Inhibition System (BIS) scale): Whereas low punishment-sensitive participants do show increased conflict adaptation after punishment, high punishment-sensitive participants show no such modulation. Interestingly, participants with a high punishment-sensitivity showed an overall reaction time increase after punishments. Our results stress the role of individual differences in explaining motivational modulations of cognitive control.

Original language	English
Article number	e74106
Journal	PLoS ONE
Volume	8
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0074106
Publication status	Published - 2013

Keywords

Adaptation, Psychological
Adolescent
Cognition
Conflict (Psychology)
Female
Humans
Individuality
Inhibition (Psychology)
Male
Motivation
Punishment
Reaction Time
Young Adult
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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