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Stefano Lasaponara¹, Gabriele Scozia², Silvana Lozito²

¹Department of Psychology, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Italy; IRCCS Fondazione Santa Lucia, Rome, Italy.

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Summary

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Stable temperamental traits, like Plasticity and Intellectual Endurance, influence how individuals orient spatial attention. These traits affect attentional costs, especially in environments with unpredictable cues.

Keywords:

Attention Neurotransmitters Personality Posner task Temperament

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Area of Science:

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Cognitive Psychology
Individual Differences

Background:

Cholinergic (Ach), Noradrenergic (NE), and Dopaminergic (DA) pathways are crucial for spatial attention.
These neurotransmitter systems also underlie individual differences in temperament.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate if biologically defined temperamental traits predict variations in spatial attention orienting.
To examine how probabilistic cue-target associations affect attentional performance based on temperament.

Main Methods:

151 participants completed the Structure of Temperament Questionnaire (STQ-77).
Participants performed a Posner task using predictive (80/20) or non-predictive (50/50) cues.
Stepwise regression analysis was used to identify predictors of attentional costs.

Main Results:

High scores in Plasticity and Intellectual Endurance were associated with reduced attentional costs under non-predictive cueing.
Plasticity scores negatively predicted costs in the non-predictive condition.
Probabilistic Thinking scores positively predicted costs in the non-predictive condition.

Conclusions:

Stable temperamental characteristics significantly shape inter-individual differences in attentional behavior.
Attentional control is particularly influenced by temperament in environments with varying probabilistic structures.
Temperament and personality traits are critical factors in contexts requiring effective attention management.