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Stress and Anxiety Effects on Valuation

NYU Langone Health · NCT07252947

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Key facts

Compensation
Not posted. Ask the study team before screening.
Who can join
Ages 18–65 · All sexes
Healthy volunteers
Accepted
Study type
Interventional · Not applicable
Target enrollment
200
US sites recruiting
1
Study start
December 18, 2025
Record last updated
December 22, 2025

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What the study is about

The purpose of this study is to understand how stress, anxiety, and negative affect change learning and decision-making processes. The primary objective is to assess two forms of decision-making-reward adaptation and emotion prediction errors-differ as a function of stress and anxiety. The secondary objectives are to assess how individual differences measured in our studies relate to these decision variables.

Being studied: Socially Evaluated Cold Pressor Task (SECPT); Non-Stressful Control Task

Conditions: Reward Value Level

Eligibility criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

Aims 1-3: To be eligible for participation in this study, an individual must meet all of the following criteria:

  • 18-65 years of age
  • Able to speak, read, and write fluently in English
  • Be willing and able to follow study procedures and provide informed consent.

Aim 4: To be eligible for participation in this study, an individual must meet all of the following criteria:

  • 18-65 years of age
  • Diagnosis of GAD
  • Able to speak, read, and write fluently in English
  • Be willing and able to follow study procedures and provide informed consent.

Exclusion Criteria

Aims 1-3: Individuals will be excluded from participation if any of the following criteria are met:

  • History of or medication for neurologic or psychiatric disease
  • High-blood pressure or heart condition
  • Diabetes, food allergies, metabolic disorders or history of eating disorder
  • Use of corticosteroids or beta-blockers
  • Pregnancy

Aim 4: Individuals will be excluded from participation if any of the following criteria are met:

  • High-blood pressure or heart condition
  • Diabetes, food allergies, metabolic disorders or history of eating disorder
  • Use of corticosteroids or beta-blockers
  • Lifetime history of bipolar disorder or any psychotic disorder; substance use disorder in past 3 months; eating disorder in past 6 months; current major depressive disorder (past is allowed)
  • Active suicidal ideation with plan and intent (indicated by score >=4 on the Columbia Suicide Severity Scale)
  • Not on stable dose of psychiatric medication for at least 4 weeks prior to study participation
  • Pregnancy

Recruiting US locations

Study contacts (from the official record)

  • Candace Raio, PhD · 212-404-4223 · Candace.Raio@nyulangone.org
  • Ariana Wahab · 212-404-3850 · Ariana.Wahab@nyulangone.org
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