Inhibitory spillover: increase urination urgency facilitates impulse control in unrelated domains
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0956797611404901Sammendrag
Visceral states are known to reduce the ability to exert self-control. In the current research, we investigated how self-control
is affected by a visceral factor associated with inhibition rather than with approach: bladder control. We designed four studies
to test the hypothesis that inhibitory signals are not domain-specific but can spill over to unrelated domains, resulting in
increased impulse control in the behavioral domain. In Study 1, participants’ urination urgency correlated with performance on
color-naming but not word-meaning trials of a Stroop task. In Studies 2 and 3, we found that higher levels of bladder pressure
resulted in an increased ability to resist impulsive choices in monetary decision making. We found that inhibitory spillover
effects are moderated by sensitivity of the Behavioral Inhibition System (Study 3) and can be induced by exogenous cues
(Study 4). Implications for inhibition and impulse-control theories are discussed.
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This is the authors’ final, accepted and refereed manuscript to the article