Need for cognitive closure is associated with different intra-network functional connectivity patterns: A resting state EEG study. (4th March 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Massullo, Chiara; Panno, Angelo; Carbone, Giuseppe Alessio; Della Marca, Giacomo; Farina, Benedetto; Imperatori, Claudio
• Is Part Of: Social neuroscience. Volume 17:Number 2(2022)
• Page Start: 143
• Page End: 153
• Publication Date: 2022-03-04
• Subjects: Need for cognitive closure -- default mode network -- central executive network -- salience network -- EEG functional connectivity -- epistemic motivation; Neurosciences -- Social aspects -- Periodicals; Neuropsychology -- Periodicals; Social psychology -- Periodicals; Social interaction -- Periodicals; 612.8
• DOI: 10.1080/17470919.2022.2043432
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1747-0919

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Need for Cognitive Closure (NCC) is a construct referring to the desire for predictability, unambiguity and firm answers to issues. Neuroscientific literature about NCC processes has mainly focused on task-related brain activity. According to the Triple Network model (TN), the main aim of the current study was to investigate resting state (RS) electroencephalographic (EEG) intra-network dynamics associated with NCC. Fifty-two young adults (39 females) were enrolled and underwent EEG recordings during RS. Functional connectivity analysis was computed through exact Low-Resolution Electromagnetic Tomography (eLORETA) software. Our results showed that higher levels of NCC were associated with both i) decreased alpha EEG connectivity within the Central Executive Network (CEN), and ii) increased delta connectivity within the Default Mode Network (DMN). No significant correlations were observed between NCC and functional connectivity in the Salience Network (SN). Our data would seem to suggest that high levels of NCC are characterized by a specific communication pattern within the CEN and the DMN during RS. These neurophysiological patterns might reflect several typical NCC-related cognitive characteristics (e.g., lower flexibility and preference for habitual and rigid response schemas).