What in simple terms is Low Latent Inhibition and what are the symptoms?
Latent inhibition is basically the ability to screen out much of the information that comes into the brain. We are surrounded by stimuli and it is necessary for us to ignore most of it. Individuals with low latent inhibition have trouble screening things out. They respond to the constant stream of information that most people are able to ignore. There is research which suggest that people with low latent inhibition are more creative. However, it has also been linked with psychosis. The mediating factor may be intelligence. The smarter you are, the better able you are to cope with all the information bombarding you. Scientists at the University of Toronto are studying this phenomenon and test subjects for it., Here is a link to article about those studies.
