Enhancing cognitive control of our decisions: Making the most of humor during the IGT in females and males

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dc.contributor.authorFlores-Torres, Jorge
dc.contributor.authorMcRae, Kateri
dc.contributor.authorCampos-Arteaga, German
dc.contributor.authorGomez-Perez, Lydia
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-20T16:09:07Z
dc.date.available2025-01-20T16:09:07Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.description.abstractWe studied the impact of humor on the Iowa Gambling Task (IGT) decision-making performance and the cognitive control exerted during this task, considering sex as a moderator, and examined whether cognitive control mediated the influence of humor on decision-making. Sixty participants (30 females) performed an extended version of the IGT (500 trials divided into 20 blocks). We randomly assigned them to either an experimental group (Humor Group; Hg; n = 30), where humorous videos were interspersed in the decision-making trials or a control group (Non-Humor Group; NHg; n = 30), where nonhumorous videos were interspersed in the decision-making trials. We recorded participant performance and feedback-related negativity (FRN) and P3b event-related potentials (ERP) during IGT feedback as task monitoring and attention allocation indicators, respectively. We expected that whereas humor would improve IGT decision-making under risk in females during the last blocks (17-20) as well as cognitive control (specifically attention allocation and task monitoring) across the entire IGT, it would impair them in males. Contrary to our expectations, humor improved IGT decision-making under risk for both sexes (specifically at blocks 19 and 20) and attention allocation for most IGT blocks (P3b amplitudes). However, humor impaired IGT decision-making under ambiguity in males during the block six and task monitoring (FRN amplitudes) for most IGT blocks. Attention allocation did not mediate the beneficial effect of humor on decision-making under risk in either sex. Task monitoring decrements fully mediated the humor's detrimental influence on men's decision-making under ambiguity during block six.
dc.fuente.origenWOS
dc.identifier.doi10.3758/s13415-024-01210-y
dc.identifier.eissn1531-135X
dc.identifier.issn1530-7026
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.3758/s13415-024-01210-y
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uc.cl/handle/11534/90131
dc.identifier.wosidWOS:001306181000001
dc.issue.numero6
dc.language.isoen
dc.pagina.final1047
dc.pagina.inicio1031
dc.revistaCognitive affective & behavioral neuroscience
dc.rightsacceso restringido
dc.subjectHumor
dc.subjectIowa Gambling Task
dc.subjectDecision-making
dc.subjectGender
dc.subjectCognitive control
dc.subject.ods03 Good Health and Well-being
dc.subject.odspa03 Salud y bienestar
dc.titleEnhancing cognitive control of our decisions: Making the most of humor during the IGT in females and males
dc.typeartículo
dc.volumen24
sipa.indexWOS
sipa.trazabilidadWOS;2025-01-12
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