Cardiac sensitivity to rewards in cognitively inflexible nonclinical participants.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In psychopathologies characterized by compulsive decision-making, core impairments include cognitive inflexibility and excessive sensitivity to rewards. It has been posited that traits shared by nonclinical individuals and psychiatric patients could help explain the pathogenesis of compulsive decision-making.

Methods

To investigate whether cognitive inflexibility predisposes nonclinical individuals to poor choices and hyper-reactivity to reward, we recruited people with high and low scores for cognitive persistence and used the Iowa Gambling Task to assess decision-making and cardiac reactivity to monetary gains/losses.

Results

As is frequently observed in psychophysiological research, the data indicated discrepancies among self-reports, behavior, and physi

SUBMITTER: Mata JL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10174053 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature