Low Cognitive Impulsivity Is Associated with Better Gain and Loss Learning in a Probabilistic Decision-Making Task
| Autor: | René San Martín, Pablo Cáceres |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
| Předmět: |
Economic decision making
Impulsivity 050105 experimental psychology reward-based learning Developmental psychology Task (project management) 03 medical and health sciences economic decision-making 0302 clinical medicine Mathematical skill medicine Psychology Reinforcement learning 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences cognitive control Association (psychology) General Psychology Original Research cognitive impulsivity 05 social sciences Probabilistic logic Cognition medicine.symptom 030217 neurology & neurosurgery Cognitive psychology |
| Zdroj: | Frontiers in Psychology |
| ISSN: | 1664-1078 |
| DOI: | 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00204 |
| Popis: | Many advances have been made over the last decades in describing, on the one hand, the link between reward-based learning and decision-making, and on the other hand, the link between impulsivity and decision-making. However, the association between reward-based learning and impulsivity remains poorly understood. In this study, we evaluated the association between individual differences in loss-minimizing and gain-maximizing behavior in a learning-based probabilistic decision-making task and individual differences in cognitive impulsivity. We found that low cognitive impulsivity was associated both with a better performance minimizing losses and maximizing gains during the task. These associations remained significant after controlling for mathematical skills and gender as potential confounders. We discuss potential mechanisms through which cognitive impulsivity might interact with reward-based learning and decision-making. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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