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Citation

Martin M. Pers. Individ. Dif. 1985; 6(5): 637-639.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1985, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/0191-8869(85)90014-5

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Evidence is provided that high scores on the Zuckerman Sensation Seeking Scale are associated in the normal population with good focused-attention performance and poor distributed-attention performance. Focused-attention performance is assessed as the ability to select relevant information while ignoring irrelevant information, and distributed-attention performance is assessed as the ability to carry out concurrently two independent complex tasks. It is hypothesized that the observed disposition of attentional performance reflects differential patterns of arousal in individuals with high and low Sensation Seeking scores.

Language: en

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