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Unconscious Conflict Adaptation of Heroin Abstainers
Ling Li1, Changhu Yan1, Hua Cao1
1School of Psychology, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou 730071, China.
Abstract:
Conflict adaptation is representative of the dynamic cognitive control process, which reflects the adaptability and flexibility of personal cognitive processing. Cognitive control plays an important role in drug use and relapse in addicts. Previous studies have identified conscious conflict adaptation in drug addicts. The present study examined unconscious conflict adaptation in persons with heroin use disorder using an arrow version meta-contrast masking task. The results found that persons with heroin use disorder had smaller unconscious conflict adaptation compared to the healthy control group. This may be a result of functional brain damage caused by long-term drug use.
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