Why humans deviate from rational choice

Psychophysiology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 507-514

  Hewig, Johannes ^a,d   Kretschmer, Nora ^a   Trippe, Ralf H ^a   Hecht, Holger ^a   Coles, Michael G H ^b   Holroyd, Clay B ^c   Miltner, Wolfgang H R ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Decision making; Feedback negativity; Microeconomics; Somatic markers; Ultimatum game

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; GAME; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REWARD;

ADULT; AFFECT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; GAME THEORY; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; REWARD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952056292     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: 14698986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8986.2010.01081.x     Document Type: Article

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