Emotional Modulation of the Ability to Inhibit a Prepotent Response During Childhood

Adolescent; Age Factors; Child; Child Development; Emotions; Face; Facial Expression; Female; Humans; Inhibition (Psychology); Male; Neuropsychological Tests

Abstract :

[en] The present study examined the bottom-up influence of emotional context on response inhibition, an issue that remains largely unstudied in children. Thus, 62 participants, aged from 6 to 13 years old, were assessed with three stop signal tasks: one with circles, one with neutral faces, and one with emotional faces (happy and sad). Results showed that emotional context altered response inhibition ability in childhood. However, no interaction between age and emotional influence on response inhibition was found. Positive emotions were recognized faster than negative emotions, but the valence did not have a significant influence on response inhibition abilities. © 2012 Copyright Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.

Disciplines :

Neurosciences & behavior

Author, co-author :

Urben, Sébastien; Child Clinical Neuropsychology Unit, Department of Psychology, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland, Research Unit, University Service of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Lausanne, Switzerland

Van der Linden, Martial ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de Psychologie > Département de Psychologie

Barisnikov, Kovilijka; Child Clinical Neuropsychology Unit, Department of Psychology, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

Language :

English

Title :

Emotional Modulation of the Ability to Inhibit a Prepotent Response During Childhood

Publication date :

2012

Journal title :

Developmental Neuropsychology

ISSN :

8756-5641

eISSN :

1532-6942

Publisher :

Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, United States - New Jersey

Volume :

Issue :

Pages :

668-681

Peer reviewed :

Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi

Name of the research project :

32000B0–113632

Funders :

SNSF - Swiss National Science Foundation
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation

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