Can Sophie's choice be adequately captured by cold computation of minimizing losses? An fMRI study of vital loss decisions.

The vast majority of decision-making research is performed under the assumption of the value maximizing principle. This principle implies that when making decisions, individuals try to optimize outcomes on the basis of cold mathematical equations. However, decisions are emotion-laden rather than coo...

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Main Authors: Qi Li, Shaozheng Qin, Li-Lin Rao, Wencai Zhang, Xiaoping Ying, Xiuyan Guo, Chunyan Guo, Jinghong Ding, Shu Li, Jing Luo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3055886?pdf=render