Substance use disinhibition associated with economically rational decisions to quit a boring task |
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| Institution: | 1. Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, United States;2. Safar Center for Resuscitation Research, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, United States;3. Neurobiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, United States;4. Center for Neuroscience, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, United States;5. Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, United States;6. Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, United States;7. Psychology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, United States |
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| Abstract: | Preferences for smaller immediate rewards over larger delayed rewards have been associated with a range of negative outcomes, including substance use problems. The present research investigated a potential association between substance use disinhibition and preferences for an immediate reward in a situation where the delayed reward was not the largest. Participants recruited from Amazon Mechanical Turk were required to perform a boring, repetitive task for 25 min in order to earn a $3 bonus. Alternatively, they could quit at any time to receive half the bonus. However, when one fourth the task remained, participants were offered the choice between (a) quitting the boring task for a $3 bonus, and (b) continuing the boring task for a $3 bonus. Participants who chose the economically superior option of quitting the task scored higher on a measure of substance use disinhibition and on the Disinhibition facet of Zuckerman’s Sensation Seeking Scale. |
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| Keywords: | Substance use Sensation seeking Disinhibition Intertemporal choice Persistence Perseverance |
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