Effect of emotion on the imperfectness of decision making

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serval:BIB_829C184521BC
Type
Inproceedings: an article in a conference proceedings.
Collection
Publications
Title
Effect of emotion on the imperfectness of decision making
Title of the conference
Proceedings of the 2nd International Workshop on Decision Making with Multiple Imperfect Decision Makers
Author(s)
Villa A., Fiori M., Mesrobian S., Lintas A., Shaposhnyk V., Missonnier P.
Address
Sierra Nevada, Spain
ISBN
978-80-903834-6-3
Publication state
Published
Issued date
2011
Language
english
Abstract
Human decision making has demonstrated imperfectness and essential deviation from rationality. Emotions are a primary driver of human actions and the current study investigates how perceived emotions may affect the behavior during the Ultimatum Game (UG), while recording event-related potentials (ERPs) from scalp electrodes. We observed a negative correlation (p < 0.001) between positive emotions, in particular happiness, and the amount offered by a participant acting as a Proposer in the UG. Negative emotions, in particular fear, showed a positive correlation (p < 0.05) with the offer. The ERPs revealed invariant components at short latency in brain activity in posterior parietal areas irrespective of the Responder or Proposer role. Conversely, significant differences appeared in the activity of central and frontal areas between the two conditions at latencies 300-500 ms.
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