Locus of control, latent inhibition and reaction times in a semantic (left-hemisphere) and visuospatial (right-hemisphere) stimulus discrimination task

Percept Mot Skills. 1997 Feb;84(1):239-42. doi: 10.2466/pms.1997.84.1.239.

Abstract

Rank correlations on latent inhibition learning among internal scorers versus external scorers on Rotter's I-E locus of control scale were compared between trial numbers and speed of correct reactions in a left- and in a right-hemispheric discrimination task. On the basis of previous research and theorizing reviewed by De Brabander, Boone, and Gerits (1992) we expected latent inhibition effects to show mainly on the left-hemisphere task and more clearly among internal scorers on Rotter's I-E locus of control scale. The findings seem to confirm our expectations.

MeSH terms

  • Association Learning
  • Conditioning, Classical
  • Discrimination Learning*
  • Female
  • Functional Laterality* / physiology
  • Humans
  • Inhibition, Psychological*
  • Internal-External Control*
  • Male
  • Reaction Time*
  • Semantics
  • Space Perception
  • Visual Perception*