Altered social decision making in patients with chronic pain.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Chronic pain affects up to 20% of the population, impairs quality of life and reduces social participation. Previous research reported that pain-related perceived injustice covaries with these negative consequences. The current study probed whether chronic pain patients responded more strongly to disadvantageous social inequity than healthy individuals.

Methods

We administered the Ultimatum Game, a neuroeconomic social exchange game, where a sum of money is split between two players to a large sample of patients with chronic pain disorder with somatic and psychological factors (n = 102) and healthy controls (n = 101). Anonymised, and in truth experimentally controlled, co-players proposed a split, and our participants either accepted or rejected these offers.

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SUBMITTER: Timm A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10123842 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature