The role of risk aversion in non-conscious decision making

Shuo Wang, Ian Krajbich, Ralph Adolphs, Naotsugu Tsuchiya

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Abstract

To what extent can people choose advantageously without knowing why they are making those choices? This hotly debated question has capitalized on the Iowa Gambling Task (IGT), in which people often learn to choose advantageously without appearing to know why. However, because the IGT is unconstrained in many respects, this finding remains debated and other interpretations are possible (e.g., risk aversion, ambiguity aversion, limits of working memory, or insensitivity to reward/punishment can explain the finding of the IGT).
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1 - 17
Number of pages17
JournalFrontiers in Psychology
Volume3
Issue number50
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2012

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