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Sensation seeking and error processing
Author(s) -
Zheng Ya,
Sheng Wenbin,
Xu Jing,
Zhang Yuanyuan
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
psychophysiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.661
H-Index - 156
eISSN - 1469-8986
pISSN - 0048-5772
DOI - 10.1111/psyp.12240
Subject(s) - sensation seeking , psychology , sensation , negativity effect , audiology , error related negativity , event related potential , electroencephalography , social psychology , cognitive psychology , cognition , neuroscience , anterior cingulate cortex , medicine , personality
Sensation seeking is defined by a strong need for varied, novel, complex, and intense stimulation, and a willingness to take risks for such experience. Several theories propose that the insensitivity to negative consequences incurred by risks is one of the hallmarks of sensation‐seeking behaviors. In this study, we investigated the time course of error processing in sensation seeking by recording event‐related potentials ( ERP s) while high and low sensation seekers performed an E riksen flanker task. Whereas there were no group differences in ERPs to correct trials, sensation seeking was associated with a blunted error‐related negativity ( ERN ), which was female‐specific. Further, different subdimensions of sensation seeking were related to ERN amplitude differently. These findings indicate that the relationship between sensation seeking and error processing is sex‐specific.