Fake feedback on pain tolerance impacts proactive versus reactive control strategies.
Conscious Cogn
; 42: 366-373, 2016 05.
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| ID: mdl-27149180
ABSTRACT
It is well-known that beliefs about one's own ability to execute a task influence task performance. Here, we tested the hypothesis that beliefs about a specific self-control capacity, namely pain tolerance, modulate basic cognitive control processes. Participants received fake comparative social feedback that their ability to tolerate painful stimulations was either very poor or outstanding after which they performed an unrelated go/no-go task. Participants receiving low-tolerance feedback, relative to high-tolerance feedback, were less successful at inhibiting their responses and more influenced by previous trial conditions, as indicated by an increased slowdown following errors and more failed inhibitions following go-trials. These observations demonstrate a shift from a more proactive to a more reactive control mode. This study shows that providing feedback about one's own capacity to control impulsive reactions to painful stimulations directly influences low-level cognitive control dynamics.
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Desempenho Psicomotor
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Retroalimentação Psicológica
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Função Executiva
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Percepção da Dor
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Inibição Psicológica
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Adolescent
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Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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En
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2016
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