Influence of impulsivity-reflectivity on performance of sensory tasks with different levels of information load

Abstract

Psychological mechanisms of sensory signals detection/discrimination processes are considered. Empirical results of the study in which subjects performed three psychophysical tasks with different level of information load (N = 103) are presented. The role of cognitive style of impulsivity-reflectivity as a subjective factor that influences sensory tasks performance is discussed. Reflective subjects (slow/accurate and slow/inaccurate) are more effective in performing signals detection/discrimination tasks than impulsive ones (fast/accurate and fast/inaccurate) that is due to more effective utilization of preliminary systematic analysis of sensory information and actualization of more adequate attitudes at operational level.