Semantic processes in preferential decision making.

Comparing perceptual and preferential decision making.

Perceptual and preferential decision making have been studied largely in isolation. Perceptual decisions are considered to be at a non-deliberative cognitive level and have an outside criterion that defines the quality of decisions. Preferential decisions are considered to be at a higher cognitive level and the quality of decisions depend on the decision maker's subjective goals. Besides these ...

Neural components underlying subjective preferential decision making

The objectives of the current study were twofold: (i) to investigate the neural precursors of the formation of a subjective preference of facial stimuli, and (ii) to characterize the spatiotemporal brain activity patterns distinguishing between preferred and non-preferred faces. Multivariate EEG signals were recorded while participants made preference decisions, based on approachability, betwee...

Whole-Body Semantic Decision Making

Mental Processes and Decision Making∗

∗Compte: Paris School of Economics, 48 Bd Jourdan, 75014 Paris (e-mail: [email protected]); Postlewaite: Department of Economics, 3718 Locust Walk, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6207 (e-mail: [email protected]). A large part of this work was done while Postlewaite visited the Paris School of Economics; their hospitality is gratefully acknowledged. We thank David Dillenbe...

Decision Making Processes and Outcomes

The primary aim of this study was to examine the contributions of individual characteristics and strategic processing to the prediction of decision quality. Data were provided by 176 adults, ages 18 to 93 years, who completed computerized decision-making vignettes and a battery of demographic and cognitive measures. We examined the relations among age, domain-specific experience, working memory...