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DOI	10.1038/s41598-023-50036-0
	Exposure to worrisome topics can increase cognitive performance when incentivized by a performance goal
	Demont, Timothee; Horta-Saenz, Daniela; Raiber, Eva
发表日期	2024
ISSN	2045-2322
起始页码	14
结束页码	1
卷号	14 期号:1
英文摘要	Worrisome topics, such as climate change, economic crises, or pandemics including Covid-19, are increasingly present and pervasive due to digital media and social networks. Do worries triggered by such topics affect the cognitive capacities of young adults? In an online experiment during the Covid-19 pandemic (N=1503), we test how the cognitive performance of university students responds when exposed to topics discussing (i) current adverse mental health consequences of social restrictions or (ii) future labor market hardships linked to the economic contraction. Moreover, we study how such a response is affected by a performance goal. We find that the labor market topic increases cognitive performance when it is motivated by a goal, consistent with a 'tunneling effect' of scarcity or a positive stress effect. However, we show that the positive reaction is mainly concentrated among students with larger financial and social resources, pointing to an inequality-widening mechanism. Conversely, we find limited support for a negative stress effect or a 'cognitive load effect' of scarcity, as the mental health topic has a negative but insignificant average effect on cognitive performance. Yet, there is a negative response among psychologically vulnerable individuals when the payout is not conditioned on reaching a goal.
语种	英语
WOS研究方向	Science & Technology - Other Topics
WOS类目	Multidisciplinary Sciences
WOS记录号	WOS:001142684300014
来源期刊	SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/294553
作者单位	Aix-Marseille Universite; Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Demont, Timothee,Horta-Saenz, Daniela,Raiber, Eva. Exposure to worrisome topics can increase cognitive performance when incentivized by a performance goal[J],2024,14(1).
APA	Demont, Timothee,Horta-Saenz, Daniela,&Raiber, Eva.(2024).Exposure to worrisome topics can increase cognitive performance when incentivized by a performance goal.SCIENTIFIC REPORTS,14(1).
MLA	Demont, Timothee,et al."Exposure to worrisome topics can increase cognitive performance when incentivized by a performance goal".SCIENTIFIC REPORTS 14.1(2024).