What is low latent inhibition disorder?

People with low latent inhibition are literally unable to close their mind, to keep the spotlight of attention from drifting off to the far corners of the stage. The end result is that they can’t help but consider the unexpected.

How do you know if you have low latent inhibition?

A person with a normal level of latent inhibition is able to tune out the information that experience has shown to be irrelevant. Someone with low latent inhibition, however, doesn’t do that as well. He or she pays attention to what can become a overwhelming amount of stimuli.

Is low latent inhibition bad?

It is hypothesized that a low level of latent inhibition can cause either psychosis or a high level of creative achievement or both, which is usually dependent on the individual’s intelligence. When they cannot develop the creative ideas, they become frustrated and/or depressive.

What is the latent inhibition effect?

Latent inhibition (LI) is a startlingly simple effect in which preexposure of a stimulus without consequence retards subsequent responding to a stimulus–consequence relation.

Is low latent inhibition good?

But it turns out there’s a good side to low latent inhibition, too. In people with high intelligence and good working memory (an ability to think about many things at once), it can lead to original ideas and creative achievement.

What made Michael Scofield a genius?

Clinically diagnosed with low latent inhibition, Michael Scofield is unable to block out periphery information. He instead processes every aspect and detail of any given stimulus. This, combined with a high IQ, theoretically makes him a creative genius.

How do you get low latent inhibition?

High levels of the neurotransmitter dopamine (or its agonists) in the ventral tegmental area of the brain have been shown to decrease latent inhibition. Certain dysfunctions of the neurotransmitters glutamate, serotonin and acetylcholine have also been implicated.