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20-12-2023 | Research

Behavioral impulse and time pressure jointly influence intentional inhibition: evidence from the Free Two-Choice Oddball task

Auteurs: Mengsi Xu, Jiayu Wen, Zhiai Li, Zhenhong Wang, Junhua Zhang

Gepubliceerd in: Psychological Research | Uitgave 3/2024

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Abstract

Intentional inhibition is a crucial component of self-regulation, yet it is under-researched, because it is difficult to study without external stimuli or overt behaviors. Although Free-Choice tasks have been developed, it remains unclear how two key design features (i.e., behavioral impulse and time pressure) affect their sensitivity to intentional inhibition. To investigate this, the present study developed a Free Two-Choice Oddball task, which generated both an inhibition rate index and a response time (RT) index. Two experiments were conducted to systematically manipulate the ratio of the reactive standard to oddball trials and reaction time limit, inducing diverse behavioral impulses and different time pressures. The following findings were obtained from the critical Free-Choice trials. In the equal ratio condition, participants demonstrated comparable RTs for both the standard and oddball responses. In the moderate-ratio condition, participants exhibited longer RTs for the oddball than standard responses under low- but not high-time pressure. In the high-ratio condition, while RTs for the oddball responses were longer than those for the standard responses under both the high- and low-time pressures, participants displayed a decreased inhibition rate under the high-time pressure compared to the low-time pressure. Finally, participants exhibited a reduced inhibition rate in the high-ratio condition compared to the moderate-ratio condition. Together, these findings suggest that Free-Choice tasks can reflect intentional inhibition under specific conditions, and intentional inhibition is susceptible to both behavioral impulse and time pressure, while also establishing the theoretical and methodological foundations for subsequent research.
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It should be noted that the proposed reason is purely hypothetical, and this assumption requires further empirical testing as the negative priming effect is contingent upon a paradigmatic context where targets transition into distractors from one trial to the next and is influenced by the temporal interval between trials (Neill & Valdes, 1992; Neill et al., 1992; Schumann et al., 2022; Steinborn & Langner, 2012).
 
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Titel
Behavioral impulse and time pressure jointly influence intentional inhibition: evidence from the Free Two-Choice Oddball task
Auteurs
Mengsi Xu
Jiayu Wen
Zhiai Li
Zhenhong Wang
Junhua Zhang
Publicatiedatum
20-12-2023
Uitgeverij
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Gepubliceerd in
Psychological Research / Uitgave 3/2024
Print ISSN: 0340-0727
Elektronisch ISSN: 1430-2772
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00426-023-01905-w