Fake feedback on pain tolerance impacts proactive versus reactive control strategies |
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| Institution: | 1. Medical Psychology and Medical Sociology, Clinic and Polyclinic for Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center, Mainz, Germany;2. Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany;3. Department of Psychology, and Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States;4. Department of Neurology, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany;5. Medical Physics, Department of Radiology, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany;1. Department of Radiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China;2. Neuroimaging Research Branch, National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD, United States;1. Department of Experimental Psychology, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium;2. Department of Experimental Clinical and Health Psychology, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium |
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| 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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| Keywords: | Pain tolerance Self-control Cognitive control Belief Proactive Reactive Post-error slowing |
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