Inhibitory Profiles in Adolescence

Objectives: Isolate individual profiles in inhibition efficiency when cognitive or emotional aspects are involved. • Method: A battery of Inhibition tasks involving cognitive (Go-Nogo, flanker, antisaccade) and emotional aspects (Iowa gambling task, Emotional Go-Nogo,) plus three WM tasks (two complex and updating measures and a visuo-spatial span) was administered to 81 participants, age range 14-19 (data collection still in progress). • Results: The k-means cluster analysis revealed three main profiles of inhibition functioning: “quick and inaccurate”, “very slow and accurate” and “moderately slow and accurate”. The three groups differ also in other executive tasks • Conclusions: Cognitive inhibition seems to be sensitive to individual differences and also to influence differently the ability to manage responses also in more emotional conditions.