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31st APS Annual Convention · 2019

Boredom Induction and Resulting Motivation to Self-Shock

Washington, DC · May 2019

Poster · Cognitive

  • Alexandra Romano
    The New School
  • Elisabeth Cabot
    The New School for Social Research
  • Sophia Mullens
    The New School
  • Özge Pazar
    The New School
  • Ryan Tellalian
    The New School for Social Research
  • McWelling Todman
    The New School

Abstract

Previous research reported that sitting with one’s own thoughts for 15-minuntes prompts some participants to self-administer an electric shock (Wilson et al., 2014). The current study suggests that the decision to self-shock is motivated by the stimulation associated with the risk of being shocked rather the than the shock itself.

Cognitive Processes

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