When Avoidance Leads to Approach: How Ear Preference Interacts With Neuroticism To Predict Disinhibited Approach
Laterality, 13(4), 333–373
Summary
A series of eight studies focuses on how the avoidance system represented by neuroticism can lead to disinhibited approach tendencies. Based on research which argues that hemispheric preferences predispose the left hemisphere to fast action goal formation, and contralateral pathways between ear and brain, it is proposed that (a) people with a right ear preference will engage in fast action goal formation and (b) disinhibited approach results from neurotic people who reduce anxiety by means of fast action goal formation. Study 1 provides evidence from telesales operators of a link between self-rated ear preference and objective ear preference and provides evidence that disinhibited approach is predicted by a neuroticismxear preference interaction. Studies 2, 3, and 4 provide evidence that ear preference is related to other measures of objective aural preference and action goal formation. Studies 5, 6, 7, and 8 provide evidence that the neuroticismxear preference interaction predicts a variety of different disinhibited approach tendencies.
Abstract as published in Laterality.
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APA
Jackson, C. J. (2008). When Avoidance Leads to Approach: How Ear Preference Interacts With Neuroticism To Predict Disinhibited Approach. Laterality, 13(4), 333–373. https://doi.org/10.1080/13576500802063053
BibTeX
@article{jackson2008when,
title = {{When Avoidance Leads to Approach: How Ear Preference Interacts With Neuroticism To Predict Disinhibited Approach}},
author = {C. J. Jackson},
journal = {Laterality},
year = {2008},
volume = {13},
number = {4},
pages = {333--373},
doi = {10.1080/13576500802063053}
}