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dc.contributor.advisorCsifcsák, Gábor
dc.contributor.authorKuprejeva, Anastasija
dc.date.accessioned2022-08-24T05:32:58Z
dc.date.available2022-08-24T05:32:58Z
dc.date.issued2022-05-16en
dc.description.abstractPrevious research has shown that experimental manipulations aiming at inducing choice strategies resembling learned helplessness (LH) in healthy adults influence the arbitration between simple and complex decision-making strategies. However, research regarding decision-making and LH-manipulations with experimental pain is lacking. Therefore, the present study applied the new LH-induction method with add-on prolonged heat pain stimulation during a reinforcement learning task. 75 healthy adult participants were randomly assigned to three groups (n = 25). Their performance was measured in a modified orthogonalized Go/NoGo task camouflaged as a card game. The task consisted of five blocks with four cards in each, in which cards differed in terms of action-outcome associations. Two of the three groups underwent manipulations in block 2 and 4. Both experimental groups underwent a low controllability (LC) manipulation, whilst one group also received pain stimulation (LC-P). We predicted that, in manipulation blocks and the following non-manipulated blocks, the experimental groups would exert motivational bias and suboptimal choice behavior, with a stronger effect in LC-P. Between-group comparisons showed no differences between the LC and LC-P groups in any measurements provided by the present study. Nevertheless, the present manipulations managed to reduce participants ́ subjective ratings of perceived control and success in both groups in the manipulation blocks. These findings indicate that our current LH- and pain-induction methods and the translational value thereof are limited. Therefore, the limitations and implications for future research were provided.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/26360
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherUiT Norges arktiske universitetno
dc.publisherUiT The Arctic University of Norwayen
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2022 The Author(s)
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0en_US
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)en_US
dc.subject.courseIDPSY-3900
dc.subjectVDP::Social science: 200::Psychology: 260::Cognitive psychology: 267en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Samfunnsvitenskap: 200::Psykologi: 260::Kognitiv psykologi: 267en_US
dc.subjectLearned helplessnessen_US
dc.subjectHeat painen_US
dc.subjectPavlovian biasen_US
dc.subjectReinforcement learningen_US
dc.subjectValue-based decision-makingen_US
dc.titleCombining Prolonged Heat Pain with Low Controllability Over Rewards and Losses Results in Minimal Effects on Value-Based Decision-Makingen_US
dc.typeMastergradsoppgaveno
dc.typeMaster thesisen


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