Hypervigilance to rejecting stimuli in rejection sensitive individuals: Behavioral and neurocognitive evidence
| Autor: | Erin N. Cannon, Sarah A. Gerson, Ross E. Vanderwert, Katherine B. Ehrlich, Nathan A. Fox |
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| Přispěvatelé: | University of St Andrews. School of Psychology and Neuroscience |
| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Neural correlates of consciousness
medicine.medical_specialty BF Psychology medicine.diagnostic_test NDAS BF Attentional bias Hypervigilance Audiology Electroencephalography Social cue Article Rejection sensitivity Developmental psychology Arousal Face processing medicine medicine.symptom Psychology Neurocognitive ERP General Psychology |
| Zdroj: | Personality and Individual Differences. 85:7-12 |
| ISSN: | 0191-8869 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.paid.2015.04.023 |
| Popis: | This research was supported by a grant from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (HD17899) and a NARSAD Distinguished Investigator Award to Nathan A. Fox and by DA027365 and HD076563 to Katherine B. Ehrlich. Date of acceptance: 10/04/2015 Individuals who are high in rejection sensitivity are vigilant toward social cues that signal rejection, and they exhibit attention biases towards information that confirms expectations of rejection. Little is known, however, about the neural correlates of rejection sensitivity. The present study examined whether rejection sensitivity is associated with individuals’ neural responses to rejection-relevant information. Female participants, classified as high or average in rejection sensitivity, completed a modified dot-probe task in which a neutral face was paired with either another neutral face or a gaze-averted (“rejecting”) face while EEG was collected and ERP components were computed. Behavioral results indicated that average rejection sensitive participants showed an attention bias away from rejecting faces, while high rejection sensitive participants were equally vigilant to neutral and rejecting faces. High rejection sensitivity was associated with ERP components signaling elevated attention and arousal to faces. These findings suggest that rejection sensitivity shapes behavioral and neurocognitive responses to faces. Postprint |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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