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Summary: Chronic pain and the perceived value of monetary reward
E. L. PARKS1, A.T. BARIA, M. N. BALIKI1, *A.V. APKARIAN1, 2
1Dept of Physiology 2Dept of Anesthesiology Northwestern Univ Med Sch Chicago IL
SFN 2009
CHICAGO
653
INTRODUCTION
We previously demonstrated that chronic pain impairs
emotional decision-making during a monetary gambling
task (Apkarian et al., 2004). Here we present preliminary
results for two gambling tasks: gains vs losses and gains
1Dept of Physiology, 2Dept of Anesthesiology, Northwestern Univ. Med. Sch., Chicago, IL
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Experiment 1: Loss Aversion
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Experiment 2: Temporal Discounting
results for two gambling tasks: gains vs. losses and gains
vs. time, comparing chronic low back pain patients to
healthy subjects. These tasks allow us to independently
measure specific parameters for the perception of value
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