Engaging Mental Effort: Process- and Person-Based Reward Experiences, Effort Reinforcement Intervention, and Cascading Effects on Challenging Tasks

Recruiting N/A Interventional Study
Performance vs. Effort Rewards
No Placebo Group Every participant receives an active treatment — no one gets a placebo. Healthy Volunteers Welcome You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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At a Glance
Age
9 – 13
Sex
Any
Study type
Interventional
Purpose
Basic Science
Participants needed
180 (estimated)
Sponsor
University of California, Davis · Other
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About This Trial
Brief Summary: The goal of this clinical trial is to investigate the influences of children's prior experiences with rewards following successes at school and interventions aimed at influencing children's preferences for challenging cognitive tasks. The main questions this study aims to answer are as follows: 1. Does the frequency of process-based rewards (e.g., rewards for working hard) vs. out…
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Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria: \- Children aged 9.00-13.00 years Exclusion Criteria: * Known or diagnosed developmental disorder (autism, ADHD, other learning disorders or developmental delays)
Contacts

Jesse C Niebaum, PhD

530-752-1011

jcniebaum@ucdavis.edu

CONTACT

Yuko Munakata, PhD

ymunakata@ucdavis.edu

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