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The expectation-updating mechanism in gratitude: A predictive coding perspective.

Ke Ding¹, Haiqi Lin¹, Guanmin Liu²

¹School of Psychology, Shenzhen University.

Emotion (Washington, D.C.)

|September 30, 2024

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Gratitude fluctuates with expectations. Predictive coding theory explains this, showing how prediction errors, not constant help, drive gratitude. This offers new insights into emotional dynamics and well-being.

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Area of Science:

Cognitive Psychology
Social Psychology
Neuroscience

Background:

Traditional emotion theories fail to explain gratitude fluctuations during social interactions.
Predictive coding theory offers a potential framework, suggesting expectations influence emotional responses.
A gap exists in understanding the link between prediction errors and gratitude dynamics.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate the relationship between expectation-updating, prediction errors, and gratitude.
To examine the role of predictive coding in explaining gratitude fluctuations.
To compare predictive coding models with traditional theories in modeling gratitude.

Main Methods:

Two studies were conducted involving reward-gaining and punishment-avoiding tasks.
Participants' expectations and gratitude levels were measured.
A computational model based on predictive coding was developed and tested.

Main Results:

Higher expectations correlated with lower gratitude when help was refused.
Prediction errors were positively associated with gratitude.
Gratitude dynamics were effectively explained by an expectation-updating mechanism.

Conclusions:

Findings support predictive coding theory in explaining gratitude fluctuations.
Predictive coding provides a temporal and mechanistic understanding of gratitude.
This research has implications for mental health and well-being interventions.