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Perceptual Sensitivity and Response to Strong Stimuli Are Related

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العنوان: Perceptual Sensitivity and Response to Strong Stimuli Are Related
المؤلفون: Anna C. Bolders, Mattie Tops, Guido P. H. Band, Pieter Jan M. Stallen
المصدر: Frontiers in Psychology, Vol 8 (2017)
بيانات النشر: Frontiers Media S.A., 2017.
سنة النشر: 2017
المجموعة: LCC:Psychology
مصطلحات موضوعية: sensitivity, overreactivity, punishment reactivity, reward reactivity, temperament, suppression effect, Psychology, BF1-990
الوصف: To shed new light on the long-standing debate about the (in)dependence of sensitivity to weak stimuli and overreactivity to strong stimuli, we examined the relation between these tendencies within the neurobehavioral framework of the Predictive and Reactive Control Systems (PARCS) theory (Tops et al., 2010, 2014). Whereas previous studies only considered overreactivity in terms of the individual tendency to experience unpleasant affect (punishment reactivity) resulting from strong sensory stimulation, we also took the individual tendency to experience pleasant affect (reward reactivity) resulting from strong sensory stimulation into account. According to PARCS theory, these temperamental tendencies overlap in terms of high reactivity toward stimulation, but oppose each other in terms of the response orientation (approach or avoid). PARCS theory predicts that both types of reactivity to strong stimuli relate to sensitivity to weak stimuli, but that these relationships are suppressed due to the opposing relationship between reward and punishment reactivity. We measured punishment and reward reactivity to strong stimuli and sensitivity to weak stimuli using scales from the Adult Temperament Questionnaire (Evans and Rothbart, 2007). Sensitivity was also measured more objectively using the masked auditory threshold. We found that sensitivity to weak stimuli (both self-reported and objectively assessed) was positively associated with self-reported punishment and reward reactivity to strong stimuli, but only when these reactivity measures were controlled for each other, implicating a mutual suppression effect. These results are in line with PARCS theory and suggest that sensitivity to weak stimuli and overreactivity are dependent, but this dependency is likely to be obscured if punishment and reward reactivity are not both taken into account.
نوع الوثيقة: article
وصف الملف: electronic resource
اللغة: English
تدمد: 1664-1078
Relation: http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01642/full; https://doaj.org/toc/1664-1078
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01642
URL الوصول: https://doaj.org/article/34f2e64f49204b48afccac4bf6d05727
رقم الانضمام: edsdoj.34f2e64f49204b48afccac4bf6d05727
قاعدة البيانات: Directory of Open Access Journals
الوصف
تدمد:16641078
DOI:10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01642