Maladaptive changes in delay discounting in males during the COVID-19 pandemic: the predictive role of functional connectome.

ABSTRACT: The Coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19) and measures to curb it created population-level changes in male-dominant impulsive and risky behaviors such as violent crimes and gambling. One possible explanation for this is that the pandemic has been stressful, and males, more so than females, tend to respond to stress by altering their focus on immediate versus delayed rewards, as reflected in their delay discounting rates. Delay discounting rates from healthy undergraduate students were collected twice during the pandemic. Discounting rates of males (n=190) but not of females (n=493) increased during the pandemic. Using machine learning, we show that prepandemic functional connectome predict increased discounting rates in males (n=88). Moreover, considering that delay discounting is associa

SUBMITTER: Xiao Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9383225 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature