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An investigation of the effect of experimental pain on logical reasoning
journal contribution
posted on 2019-01-17, 10:05 authored by Nina Attridge, Edmund Keogh, Christopher EcclestonPain disrupts attention in order to prioritise avoidance of harm and promote analgesic behaviour. This could in turn have negative effects on higher-level cognitions which rely on attention. In the current paper we examined the effect of thermal pain induction on three measures of reasoning: the Cognitive Reflection Test, Belief Bias Syllogisms task, and Conditional Inference task. In Experiment 1, the thermal pain was set at each participant’s pain threshold. In Experiment 2, it was set to a minimum of 44°C or 7/10 on a VAS scale (whichever was higher). In Experiment 3, performance was compared in no pain, low intensity pain, and high intensity pain conditions. We predicted that the experience of pain would reduce correct responding on the reasoning tasks. However, this was not supported in any of the three studies. We discuss possible interpretations of our failure to reject the null hypothesis and the importance of publishing null results.
Funding
This research was funded by an unrestricted grant from Reckitt Benckiser UK Commercial Ltd to CE and EK.
History
School
- Science
Department
- Mathematical Sciences
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PAINCitation
ATTRIDGE, N., KEOGH, E. and ECCLESTON, C., 2019. An investigation of the effect of experimental pain on logical reasoning. PAIN, 160 (5), pp.1093–1102.Publisher
Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins © International Association for the Study of PainVersion
- AM (Accepted Manuscript)
Publisher statement
This is a non-final version of an article published in final form in ATTRIDGE, N., KEOGH, E. and ECCLESTON, C., 2019. An investigation of the effect of experimental pain on logical reasoning. PAIN, 160 (5), pp.1093–1102.Acceptance date
2019-01-08Publication date
2019-05-01ISSN
0304-3959eISSN
1872-6623Publisher version
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- en