Are the Effects of Response Inhibition on Gambling Long-Lasting?

Frederick Verbruggen, Rachel C Adams, Felice van ‘t Wout, Tobias Stevens, Ian P L McLaren and Christopher D Chambers

PLOS ONE, 2013, vol. 8, issue 7, 1-7

Abstract: A recent study has shown that short-term training in response inhibition can make people more cautious for up to two hours when making decisions. However, the longevity of such training effects is unclear. In this study we tested whether training in the stop-signal paradigm reduces risky gambling when the training and gambling task are separated by 24 hours. Two independent experiments revealed that the aftereffects of stop-signal training are negligible after 24 hours. This was supported by Bayes factors that provided strong support for the null hypothesis. These findings indicate the need to better optimise the parameters of inhibition training to achieve clinical efficacy, potentially by strengthening automatic associations between specific stimuli and stopping.

Date: 2013
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