Differences between low and high trait impulsivity are not associated with differences in inhibitory motor control

M Lijffijt; E M Bekker; J Bakker; J L Kenemans; M N Verbaten

doi:10.1177/108705470400800104

Differences between low and high trait impulsivity are not associated with differences in inhibitory motor control

M Lijffijt, E M Bekker, J Bakker, J L Kenemans, M N Verbaten

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Abstract

OBJECTIVE: The present study investigates whether there is an association between trait impulsivity in the normal population and inhibitory motor control as assessed by the stop task.

METHOD: Low- and high-impulsive participants (as assessed by the I7 questionnaire; both groups n = 31) performed the stop task. Differences in performance were analyzed by an independent samples t-test. Furthermore, a short meta-analysis was performed on this study and three previous studies with a similar aim.

RESULTS: The low- and high-impulsive groups did not differ on the speed to stop the response (SSRT). However, the meta-analysis revealed that high-impulsives are marginally slower in stopping than low-impulsives (effect size = -0.26, p= 0.06).

CONCLUSIONS: There is only minor evidence that impulsivity inthe common population is associated with poor inhibitory motor control.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	25-32
Number of pages	8
Journal	Journal of attention disorders
Volume	8
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/108705470400800104
Publication status	Published - Aug 2004

Keywords

Adolescent
Adult
Attention
Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity
Empathy
Female
Humans
Impulsive Behavior
Inhibition (Psychology)
Male
Pattern Recognition, Visual
Personality Assessment
Psychometrics
Psychomotor Performance
Reaction Time
Reproducibility of Results
Students
Journal Article

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Differences between low and high trait impulsivity are not associated with differences in inhibitory motor control

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