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Impulsivity and Paced Tapping

1981; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 13; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1080/00222895.1981.10735254

1940-1027

Ernest S. Barratt, Jim Patton, N. Olsson, Gary Zuker,

Action Observation and Synchronization

The purpose of this study was to test the hypothesis that impulsivity is positively related to both the intraindividual variability and the rate of performance of a paced tapping task. The independent variable in the tapping task were: feedback vs. no feedback; tempo; concurrent cognitive task (counting) vs. no concurrent cognitive task. Three measures of tapping performance were computed: absolute or total error of tapping, tapping rate, and the intraindividual variability of tapping. The results confirm the hypothesis that impulsivity is positively related to rate of paced tapping, although the degree of relationship varied under different experimental conditions within the paced tapping task. Intraindividual variability of tapping was not significantly related to impulsivity, but the results were suggestive of a positive relationship.