Prospect of Performance-Contingent Reward Distorts the Action Relevance of Predictive Context Information

Autor/inn/en	Hefer, Carmen; Dreisbach, Gesine
Titel	Prospect of Performance-Contingent Reward Distorts the Action Relevance of Predictive Context Information
Quelle	In: Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 46 (2020) 2, S.380-399 (20 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0278-7393
DOI	10.1037/xlm0000727
Schlagwörter	Rewards; Contingency Management; Cues; Reaction Time; Cognitive Processes; Maintenance; Adjustment (to Environment); Undergraduate Students; Foreign Countries; Error Patterns; Stimulus Generalization; Germany + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Reward; Belohnung; Krisenbewältigung; Stichwort; Reaktionsvermögen; Cognitive process; Kognitiver Prozess; Ausland; Fehlertyp; Deutschland
Abstract	There is much evidence showing that the prospect of performance-contingent reward increases the usage of cuing information and cognitive stability. In a recent study, we showed that participants under reward conditions even continued using cues even when they were no longer predictive of the required response rule, even at the expense of higher errors feedback. In the present study, we aimed to investigate the mechanism underlying this maladaptive perseveration. One possible mechanism was that participants under reward conditions use cue-related stimulus frequencies even when they are not indicative of response rule frequencies. In a series of 3 experiments, using modified versions of the classical AX-continuous performance task, this hypothesis was confirmed. Taken together, the findings have important implications, as they show that the prospect of performance-contingent reward encourages the selective usage of any information that might be relevant for preparatory behavior. And this reward-induced cue usage persists until the cuing information loses any predictive information. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01