Neuroscience of Decision Making (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Vartanian, Oshin; Mandel, David R.

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This volume capitalizes on recent advances in the neurosciences to address key issues in behavioral decision theory, with implications for psychology, economics, and law. Drawing on the insights of leading researchers, it provides a broad overview of how decision processes may be grounded within a brain model.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. April 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136859861
• Artikelnr.: 38279821

Autorenporträt

Oshin Vartanian obtained his Ph.D. in experimental psychology at the University of Maine, followed by postdoctoral fellowships in cognitive neuroscience at York University and DRDC Toronto, where he is currently a Defence Scientist. He is the recipient of the Daniel E. Berlyne Award from the American Psychological Association's Division 10 for outstanding research by a junior researcher, and holds an Adjunct Assistant Professor position in the Department of Psychology at the University of Toronto--Scarborough. David R. Mandel is an adjunct professor of psychology at University of Toronto and a senior defence scientist at DRDC Toronto, where he heads the Thinking, Risk, and Intelligence Group. His areas of research interest include thinking and reasoning, judgment and decision making, and the application of behavioural science to issues in realm of the defence and security. He is the lead editor of The Psychology of Counterfactual Thinking published by Routledge/Taylor & Francis.

Inhaltsangabe

O. Vartanian
D.R. Mandel
Introduction. Part 1. Theoretical Models. M. Sigman
S. Dehaene
Why Does it Take Time to Make a Decision? The Role of a Global Workspace in Simple Decision Making. D.R. Mandel
O.Vartanian
Frames
Brains
and Content Domains: Neural and Behavioral Effects of Descriptive Context on Preferential Choice. Part 2. Risk and Uncertainty. A. Bechara
Human Emotions in Decision Making: Are they Useful or Disruptive? A.J. Yu
Uncertainty and Neuromodulation: Focus on Acetylcholine and Sustained Attention. W. De Neys
V. Goel
Heuristics and Biases in the Brain: Dual Neural Pathways for Decision Making. Part 3. Reward and Loss. M.R. Delgado
E. Tricomi
Reward Processing and Decision Making in the Human Striatum. J.P. O'Doherty
Neural Mechanisms Underlying Reward and Punishment Learning in the Human Brain: Insights from fMRI. D.A. Pizzagalli
D.G. Dillon
R. Bogdan
A.J. Holmes
Reward and Punishment Processing in the Human Brain: Clues from Affective Neuroscience and Implications for Depression Research. Part 4. Cooperation and Trust. A.G. Sanfey
J.K. Rilling
Neural Bases of Social Decision Making. D. Houser
R. Kurzban
E. Xiao
Social and Biological Evidence on Motives for Punishment. Part 5. Goal-directed Decision Making. K. Christoff
A. Gordon
R. Smith
The Role of Spontaneous Thought in Human Cognition. J. Moll
J. Grafman
Well
What Do You Want To Do? A Cognitive Neuroscience View of Plan Decision Making. O. Vartanian
Decision Junctures in the Creative Process.