Higher Autonomic Activation Predicts Better Performance in Iowa Gambling Task

Drucaroff, Lucas; Kievit, Rogier A.; Guinjoan, Salvador M.; Gerschcovich, Eliana Roldan; Cerquetti, Daniel; Leiguarda, R; Cardinali, Daniel P.; Vigo, Daniel Eduardo

doi:10.1097/wnn.0b013e3182239308

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“…This performance is comparable to that of adult samples investigated in previous studies (Bayard et al, 2011;Brand et al, 2009;Drucaroff et al, 2011;Schiebener et al, 2011). The variable "number of decisions for one single number" was skewed (skewness = 2.17).…”

Section: Hypothesis 1: Main Effect Of Age On Decision Making Under Risupporting

confidence: 80%

Developmental changes in decision making under risk: The role of executive functions and reasoning abilities in 8- to 19-year-old decision makers

Schiebener

García-Arias²,

García-Villamisar³

et al. 2014

Child Neuropsychology

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Previous studies have shown that children and adolescents often tend toward risky decisions despite explicit knowledge about the potential negative consequences. This phenomenon has been suggested to be associated with the immaturity of brain areas involved in cognitive control functions. Particularly, "frontal lobe functions," such as executive functions and reasoning, mature until young adulthood and are thought to be involved in age-related changes in decision making under explicit risk conditions. We investigated 112 participants, aged 8-19 years, with a frequently used task assessing decisions under risk, the Game of Dice Task (GDT). Additionally, we administered the Modified Card Sorting Test assessing executive functioning (categorization, cognitive flexibility, and strategy maintenance) as well as the Ravens Progressive Matrices assessing reasoning. The results showed that risk taking in the GDT decreased with increasing age and this effect was not moderated by reasoning but by executive functions: Particularly, young persons with weak executive functioning showed very risky decision making. Thus, the individual maturation of executive functions, associated with areas in the prefrontal cortex, seems to be an important factor in young peoples' behavior in risky decision-making situations.

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Section: Hypothesis 1: Main Effect Of Age On Decision Making Under Risupporting

confidence: 80%

Developmental changes in decision making under risk: The role of executive functions and reasoning abilities in 8- to 19-year-old decision makers

Schiebener

García-Arias²,

García-Villamisar³

et al. 2014

Child Neuropsychology

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“…that a higher basal activation of the autonomic nervous system is benefi cial for subsequent decision-making processes ( 6 ). In turn, due to the fact that autonomic activity plays a key role in adapting to a changing environment, crewmembers may benefi t from training to regulate their autonomic and central nervous system responses.…”

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Circadian Rhythm of Autonomic Cardiovascular Control During Mars500 Simulated Mission to Mars

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Tuerlinckx²,

Ogrinz³

et al. 2013

Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine

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“…As it has a relatively rapid influence on cardiac activity, one common method of estimating PNS function is via the high-frequency spectral component of HRV (HF-HRV; Berntson et al, 1997). Other studies have interpreted the low-frequency component of HRV (LF-HRV) as a reflection of sympathetic cardiac influence (Drucaroff et al, 2011; Dulleck et al, 2014), although this interpretation has been critisized (Reyes del Paso et al, 2013; see Discussion). The neurovisceral integration model also delineates neuroanatomical evidence for the relationship between cardiac signals and cognitive function.…”

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“…Transient heart rate, however, has been shown to slow directly after a loss in a gambling task, and this decrease in heart rate begins earlier (often prior to the outcome) in individuals who have better general performance in the task (Crone et al, 2004). It has also been shown that individuals with a higher power in the low frequency component of resting HRV generally perform better on gambling tasks (Drucaroff et al, 2011), and there is some evidence that direct vagus stimulation (which increases HRV) can enhance performance in these tasks (Martin et al, 2004). Furthermore, HRV (and its high frequency component) decreases during “stressful” unfair economic offers (such as those in the ultimatum game; Armin et al, 2011; Dulleck et al, 2014).…”

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Cardiac Signals Are Independently Associated with Temporal Discounting and Time Perception

Fung

Crone

Bode

et al. 2017

Front. Behav. Neurosci.

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Cardiac signals reflect the function of the autonomic nervous system (ANS) and have previously been associated with a range of self-regulatory behaviors such as emotion regulation and memory recall. It is unknown whether cardiac signals may also be associated with self-regulation in the temporal domain, in particular impulsivity. We assessed both decision impulsivity (temporal discounting, TD) and time perception impulsivity (duration reproduction, DR) in 120 participants while they underwent electrocardiography in order to test whether cardiac signals were related to these two aspects of impulsivity. We found that over the entire period of task performance, individuals with higher heart rates had a tendency toward lower discount rates, supporting previous research that has associated sympathetic responses with decreased impulsivity. We also found that low-frequency components of heart rate variability (HRV) were associated with a less accurate perception of time, suggesting that time perception may be modulated by ANS function. Overall, these findings constitute preliminary evidence that autonomic function plays an important role in both decision impulsivity and time perception.

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Higher Autonomic Activation Predicts Better Performance in Iowa Gambling Task

Abstract: The results are compatible with the idea that a higher basal activation of autonomic nervous system is beneficial for subsequent decision-making process.

Cited by 19 publications

References 32 publications

Developmental changes in decision making under risk: The role of executive functions and reasoning abilities in 8- to 19-year-old decision makers

Developmental changes in decision making under risk: The role of executive functions and reasoning abilities in 8- to 19-year-old decision makers

Circadian Rhythm of Autonomic Cardiovascular Control During Mars500 Simulated Mission to Mars

Cardiac Signals Are Independently Associated with Temporal Discounting and Time Perception

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