Unconscious Conflict Adaptation of Heroin Abstainers
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Participants
2.2. Experimental Design
2.3. Experimental Process
2.4. Data Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Awareness of Primes
3.2. Emotional States and Drug Craving
3.3. Conflict Adaptation Reflected in RTs and Error Rates
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Heroin Abstainer Group | Healthy Control Group | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Current-Congruent | Current-Incongruent | Current-Congruent | Current-Incongruent | |
Previous-congruent | 434.26 ± 77.56 | 462.35 ± 84.18 | 437.08 ± 95.08 | 480.43 ± 110.56 |
Previous-incongruent | 464.99 ± 79.37 | 477.89 ± 76.74 | 438.68 ± 97.38 | 447.18 ± 91.60 |
Heroin Abstainer Group | Healthy Control Group | |||
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Current-Congruent | Current-Incongruent | Current-Congruent | Current-Incongruent | |
Previous-congruent | 0.26 ± 0.12 | 0.36 ± 0.13 | 0.34 ± 0.15 | 0.42 ± 0.14 |
Previous-incongruent | 0.36 ± 0.15 | 0.38 ± 0.16 | 0.35 ± 0.15 | 0.36 ± 0.15 |
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Li, L.; Yan, C.; Cao, H.; Yang, L.; Luo, Y.; Zhao, Y.; Lu, X. Unconscious Conflict Adaptation of Heroin Abstainers. J. Clin. Med. 2022, 11, 6504. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm11216504
Li L, Yan C, Cao H, Yang L, Luo Y, Zhao Y, Lu X. Unconscious Conflict Adaptation of Heroin Abstainers. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 2022; 11(21):6504. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm11216504
Chicago/Turabian StyleLi, Ling, Changhu Yan, Hua Cao, Ling Yang, Yuchen Luo, Yu Zhao, and Xiao Lu. 2022. "Unconscious Conflict Adaptation of Heroin Abstainers" Journal of Clinical Medicine 11, no. 21: 6504. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm11216504
APA StyleLi, L., Yan, C., Cao, H., Yang, L., Luo, Y., Zhao, Y., & Lu, X. (2022). Unconscious Conflict Adaptation of Heroin Abstainers. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 11(21), 6504. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm11216504