An interference effect of voice presentation on face gender discrimination task: evidence from event-related potentials

2005 ◽  
Vol 1278 ◽  
pp. 156-159 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sayako Masuda ◽  
Takeo Tsujii ◽  
Shigeru Watanabe
1993 ◽  
Vol 242 (4) ◽  
pp. 203-208 ◽  
Author(s):  
Akira Iwanami ◽  
Ichiro Suga ◽  
Nobukatsu Kato ◽  
Yoji Nakatani ◽  
Tsuguo Kaneko

2003 ◽  
Vol 34 (14) ◽  
pp. 34-43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiuk Jung ◽  
Tetsuo Kobayashi ◽  
Yuwen Li ◽  
Shinya Kuriki

Abstract Background and aims Attentional bias is a key factor in addictive behavior maintenance. However, whether attentional bias has a similar effect on cybersex addiction is unclear. We investigated differences in the attentional processing of sexually explicit images between individuals with high tendencies toward cybersex addiction (TCA) versus low tendencies using behavioral and electrophysiological indices. Methods Twenty-eight individuals with high TCA and 29 with low TCA performed an addiction Stroop task comprising sexual and neutral images in colored frames. Participants were asked to respond to the frame color and not the image contents, and behavioral and event-related potentials were recorded. Results Behaviorally, an addiction Stroop interference effect was found in the high TCA group, as shown by the longer reaction times to judge the frame colors of sexual images. Electrophysiologically, a P200 (150–220 ms) enhancement was present in response to sexual images compared with neutral ones, which was absent in the low TCA group. The event-related potential correlates with the addiction Stroop interference effect, indicating that the attentional bias underlying the addiction Stroop interference operates at an automatic level. A general, sexually related bias was found in the late positive potential (300–700 ms) amplitude, although between-group differences were insignificant. Discussion and conclusions These findings indicate that sexual stimuli grab the attentional resources of individuals with high TCA at early automatic stages of attentional processing. Increased cue reactivity to sexual stimuli may contribute to pornographic consumption and play a crucial role in sustaining problematic excessive use of online pornography.


1994 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 103-106 ◽  
Author(s):  
Akira Iwanami ◽  
Toshikazu Shinba ◽  
Michihisa Sumi ◽  
Nobuyuki Ozawa ◽  
Ken-ichi Yamamoto

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