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General Deficit in Inhibitory Control of Excessive Smartphone Users: Evidence from an Event-Related Potential Study

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Title
General Deficit in Inhibitory Control of Excessive Smartphone Users: Evidence from an Event-Related Potential Study
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Frontiers in Psychology, April 2016
DOI 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00511
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Jingwei Chen, Yunsi Liang, Chunmiao Mai, Xiyun Zhong, Chen Qu

Abstract

With the popularity of smartphones, the problem of excessive use has drawn increasing attention. However, it is not clear whether there is an inhibitory deficit in excessive smartphone users. Using a modified Go/NoGo task with three types of context (blank, neutral, and smartphone-related), the present study combined measures of behavior and electrophysiology [event-related potentials (ERPs)] to examine general and specific inhibitory control in an excessive smartphone use group and a normal use group. Results showed that participants in both groups had larger amplitude of N2 and P3 on NoGo trials than Go trials. NoGo N2, an ERP component associated with inhibitory control, was more negative in the excessive smartphone use group than the normal use group. These results suggest that in the early stage of inhibition processing, excessive smartphone users experience more conflicts and show a general deficit that does not depend on smartphone-related cues. Moreover, the study provides further neuroscience evidence of the physiological correlates of excessive smartphone use.

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Country Count As %
United Kingdom 1 <1%
Unknown 150 99%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 22 15%
Student > Ph. D. Student 17 11%
Student > Bachelor 17 11%
Researcher 13 9%
Student > Doctoral Student 10 7%
Other 26 17%
Unknown 46 30%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Psychology 51 34%
Social Sciences 9 6%
Neuroscience 8 5%
Nursing and Health Professions 6 4%
Medicine and Dentistry 5 3%
Other 18 12%
Unknown 54 36%
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