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Dual conception of risk in the Iowa Gambling Task: effects of sleep deprivation and test-retest gap

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Singh, Varsha·2013·Frontiers in Psychology

Abstract

Risk in the Iowa Gambling Task (IGT) is often understood in terms of intertemporal choices, i.e., preference for immediate outcomes in favor of delayed outcomes is considered risky decision making. According to behavioral economics, healthy decision makers are expected to refrain from choosing the short-sighted immediate gain because, over time (10 trials of the IGT), the immediate gains result in a long term loss (net loss). Instead decision makers are expected to maximize their gains by choosing options that, over time (10 trials), result in delayed or long term gains (net gain). However, task choices are sometimes made on the basis of the frequency of reward and punishment such that frequent rewards/infrequent punishments are favored over infrequent rewards/frequent punishments. The presence of these two attributes (intertemporality and frequency of reward) in IGT decision making may correspond to the emotion-cognition dichotomy and reflect a dual conception of risk. Decision making on the basis of the two attributes was tested under two conditions: delay in retest and sleep deprivation. An interaction between sleep deprivation and time delay was expected to attenuate the difference between the two attributes. Participants were 40 male university students. Analysis of the effects of IGT attribute type (intertemporal vs. frequency of reinforcement), sleep deprivation (sleep deprivation vs. no sleep deprivation), and test-retest gap (short vs. long delay) showed a significant within-subjects effect of IGT attribute type thus confirming the difference between the two attributes. Sleep deprivation had no effect on the attributes, but test-retest gap and the three-way interaction between attribute type, test-retest gap, and sleep deprivation were significantly different. Post-hoc tests revealed that sleep deprivation and short test-retest gap attenuated the difference between the two attributes. Furthermore, the results showed an expected trend of increase in intertemporal decision making at retest suggesting that intertemporal decision making benefited from repeated task exposure. The present findings add to understanding of the emotion-cognition dichotomy. Further, they show an important time-dependent effect of a universally experienced constraint (sleep deprivation) on decision making. It is concluded that risky decision making in the IGT is contingent on the attribute under consideration and is affected by factors such as time elapsed and constraint experienced before the retest.

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This study tested whether Iowa Gambling Task (IGT) risk reflects two separable attributes—intertemporal choice and frequency of reinforcement—and whether sleep deprivation and test-retest gap alter them. It found a significant difference between the two attributes, a significant attribute × test-retest gap interaction, and a significant three-way interaction with sleep deprivation, while sleep deprivation alone had no independent effect.

Key findings

  • IGT decision making differed significantly by attribute type, F(1, 36) = 7.51, p < 0.01, η²p = 0.17, supporting a dual conception of risk.
  • Attribute type interacted significantly with test-retest gap, F(1, 36) = 5.01, p < 0.05, η²p = 0.12, and the three-way interaction of attribute type × sleep deprivation × test-retest gap was significant, F(1, 36) = 5.16, p < 0.05, η²p = 0.12.
  • For the short test-retest gap, the attribute-type effect was not significant, but sleep deprivation × attribute type was significant, F(1, 18) = 4.55, p < 0.05, η²p = 0.20; for the long gap, attribute type was significant, F(1, 18) = 9.61, p < 0.01, η²p = 0.35, while sleep deprivation × attribute type was not.
  • Intertemporal scores improved from baseline (M = 12.53, SD = 33.05) to retest (M = 24.38, SD = 24.09), t(39) = −2.32, p < 0.05; frequency-attribute scores declined from baseline (M = 18.58, SD = 19.38) to retest (M = 11.95, SD = 26.12), but this difference was not significant.

Methods

  • Forty healthy, non-smoking, right-handed Indian male students (mean age = 24.92 years, SD = 1.99) completed a computerized IGT (A′B′C′D′) with 60 cards per deck and payoffs matching Bechara et al. (2000).
  • A 2 × 2 × 2 mixed repeated-measures design was used: scoring type (intertemporal vs. frequency of reinforcement), sleep deprivation (sleep deprived vs. not sleep deprived), and test-retest gap (short 24 h vs. long 12 weeks).
  • Baseline (T1) and retest (T2) each consisted of 100 trials; analyses used repeated-measures ANOVA and paired t-tests on difference scores between T2 and T1.

Limitations

  • The paper states limitations including small sample size, an all-male sample, lack of physiological monitoring to ascertain sleep deprivation effects, and lack of accounting for individual disposition and mood.
  • The paper also notes that varying the test-retest gap made it impossible to equate affective and motivational states between groups across sessions, and that providing no incentives has advantages but may make motivation difficult to infer.
  • Evident from the text: the sample was restricted to Indian male PhD students, limiting generalizability; the all-male design was chosen partly because female students were reluctant to stay overnight due to the sociocultural environment.

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Figure 1 IGT scores for a short (24 h) test-retest gap. Mean difference between retest (T2) and baseline (T1) total net IGT scores (100 trials per session) analyzed via the two attributes (intertemporal attribute and frequency of reinforcement attribute) for the no-sleep-deprivation (No-SD) and sleep-deprivation (SD) conditions. Error bars indicate standard error of the mean.
Figure 1 IGT scores for a short (24 h) test-retest gap. Mean difference between retest (T2) and baseline (T1) total net IGT scores (100 trials per session) analyzed via the two attributes (intertemporal attribute and frequency of reinforcement attribute) for the no-sleep-deprivation (No-SD) and sleep-deprivation (SD) conditions. Error bars indicate standard error of the mean.CC BY · PubMed Central
Figure 2 IGT scores for a long (12 weeks) test-retest gap. Mean difference between retest (T2) and baseline (T1) total net IGT scores (100 trials per session) analyzed via the two attributes (intertemporal attribute and frequency of reinforcement attribute) for the no-sleep-deprivation (No-SD) and sleep-deprivation (SD) conditions. Error bars indicate standard error of the mean.
Figure 2 IGT scores for a long (12 weeks) test-retest gap. Mean difference between retest (T2) and baseline (T1) total net IGT scores (100 trials per session) analyzed via the two attributes (intertemporal attribute and frequency of reinforcement attribute) for the no-sleep-deprivation (No-SD) and sleep-deprivation (SD) conditions. Error bars indicate standard error of the mean.CC BY · PubMed Central
Figure 3 Total net IGT scores at baseline and retest calculated using two methods of scoring risky decision making. The intertemporal attribute shows a strengthening of preference for delayed outcomes at retest whereas the frequency attribute does not. Error bars indicate standard error of the mean.
Figure 3 Total net IGT scores at baseline and retest calculated using two methods of scoring risky decision making. The intertemporal attribute shows a strengthening of preference for delayed outcomes at retest whereas the frequency attribute does not. Error bars indicate standard error of the mean.CC BY · PubMed Central

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    Task familiarity at retest is conducive to activity of the cognition-based system rather than to activity of the emotion-based system.

    “The dual process theory suggests that task-familiarity (e.g., at retest) is conducive to activity of cognition-based system (rather than to activity of emotion-based system).”
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  • ConsistentF(1, 36) = 7.51reported p < .01 · recomputed p = .009

    “F(1, 36) = 7.51, p < .01”

  • ConsistentF(1, 36) = 5.01reported p < .05 · recomputed p = .031

    “F(1, 36) = 5.01, p < .05”

  • ConsistentF(1, 36) = 5.16reported p < .05 · recomputed p = .029

    “F(1, 36) = 5.16, p < .05”

  • ConsistentF(1, 18) = 4.55reported p < .05 · recomputed p = .047

    “F(1, 18) = 4.55, p < .05”

  • ConsistentF(1, 18) = 9.61reported p < .01 · recomputed p = .006

    “F(1, 18) = 9.61, p < .01”

  • Consistentt(39) = -2.32reported p < .05 · recomputed p = .026

    “t(39) = −2.32, p < .05”

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  1. Newman L. I. Polk T. A. Preston S. D. (2008). “Revealing individual differences in the Iowa Gambling Task,” in Proceedings of the 30th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, eds Love B. C. McRae K. Sloutsky V. M. (Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society), 1067– 1072

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Authors
Singh, V.
Affiliations
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IN)
Corresponding author
Singh, Varsha
Venue
Frontiers in Psychology
Published
2013
Volume
4
Pages
628-628
ISSN
1664-1078 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2141087742
Cited by
13
References
54
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Topics
  • Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › General Decision Sciences › Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Gambling Behavior and Treatments
Keywords
Iowa Gambling Task, risk perception, intertemporal choice, sleep deprivation, risky decision making, time-dependent effects

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