The Influence of Personality on Two Aspects of Cognitive Performance: Processing Speed, and Accuracy.

BeerYaakov Mental Health Center

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Healthy

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00729820

cognitive performance-221CTIL

Details and patient eligibility

About

Recently, a lot of evidence for a relation between measures of cognitive performance and personality characteristics has been collected. The use of computer based latency measures is often used to study mental processes in cognitive, as well as, in personality research On the basis of these relationships we can ask a question that relates to the practical usefulness (validity) of processing speed, accuracy of performance and personality measures in predicting impulsive behavior.

Enrollment: 30 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 20 to 50 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Men and women at age - 20-50 years

Exclusion criteria

• History of psychiatric disorders, previous hospitalizations and psychopharmacological treatments
• History of alcohol and substance abuse