ePoster · Neuroscience
Quantitative Aversive Cognitive Testing (QACT): a new toolkit for digital healthcare
Pranav Mahajan · Neuromatch 5
Wed, Sep 28, 2022
We never stop learning when we suffer, but we all learn in unique ways. Adaptive learning helps us cope with adversities, whereas maladaptive learning could hinder coping and lead to more suffering. Indeed, maladaptive aversive learning is thought to be associated with both mental health disorders and chronic pain. However, we currently lack tools to quantify aversive learning at scale. We have developed a suite of game-like cognitive tests which helps us tease apart individual differences in aversive learning, which can be performed by anyone, in the comfort of their home, using a touch based