APS
2022 APS Annual Convention · 2022
Monetary Incentive Moderates Pain’s Impact on Cognitive Effort
- Tamara Cancela
University of Geneva - Guido Gendolla
University of Geneva - Nicolas Silvestrini
University of Geneva
Abstract
Two studies investigated the moderating effect of monetary incentive on the impact of pain on effort in difficult tasks. As predicted, both studies found that pain increases subjective task difficulty and effort only when effort is justified by high monetary incentives.
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