Subjective valuation and asymmetrical motivational systems: Implications of scope insensitivity for decision making

Journal of Behavioral Decision Making

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 211-224

  Desmeules, Rémi ^a,b   Bechara, Antoine ^c,d,e   Dubé, Laurette ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Université Laval ^*

^e UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Individual differences; Iowa gambling task; Scope insensitivity; Subjective valuation

Indexed keywords

EID: 51349126851     PISSN: 08943257     EISSN: 10990771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdm.583     Document Type: Article

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