C15: from Latin praepotens very powerful, from posse to be able
Examples of 'prepotent' in a sentence
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The antisaccade task requires participants to make saccadic eye movements away from a prepotent stimulus.
Trevor J. Crawford, Eleanor S. Smith, Donna M. Berry 2017, 'Eye Gaze and Aging: Selective and Combined Effects of Working Memory and InhibitoryControl', Frontiers in Human Neurosciencehttp://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fnhum.2017.00563/full. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
This may manifest as a reduced ability to inhibit prepotent race biased responses.
Ian John Mitchell, Steven Mark Gillespie, Monica eLeverton, Victoria eLlewellyn, EmilyeNeale, Isobel eStevenson 2015, 'Acute alcohol consumption and secondary psychopathic traits increase ratings of theattractiveness and health of ethnic ingroup faces but not outgroup faces', Frontiers in Psychiatryhttp://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyt.2015.00025/full. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
It enables flexible and adaptive behavior by suppressing prepotent motor responses.
Holger Heppe, Holger Heppe, Karen Zentgraf, Karen Zentgraf 2019, 'Team Handball Experts Outperform Recreational Athletes in Hand and Foot Response Inhibition:A Behavioral Study', Frontiers in Psychologyhttps://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00971/full. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The ability to withhold prepotent responses shows protracted development, extending through childhood and into adulthood.
Anjili S. Vara, Elizabeth W. Pang, Julie Vidal, Evdokia Anagnostou, Margot J. Taylor 2014, 'Neural mechanisms of inhibitory control continue to mature in adolescence', Developmental Cognitive Neurosciencehttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1878929314000607. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
A main effect of canonicity (collapsing across relatedness) provided an index of difficulty in inhibiting a prepotent response.
Erica L. Middleton, Nazbanou Nozari 2014, 'A Paradigm for Investigating Executive Control Mechanisms in Word Retrieval in Language-Impairedand Neurotypical Speakers', Frontiers in Psychologyhttp://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/conf.fpsyg.2014.64.00066/full. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)