Computation in Emotional Processing: Quantitative Confirmation of Proportionality Hypothesis for Angry Unhappy Emotional Intensity to Perceived Loss

Cognitive Computation

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 394-415

  Tam, David Nicoladie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Anger; Decision making; Emotional processing; Error minimization; Fairness; Monetary gain; Optimization; Self discovery of error; Ultimatum game; Unhappy

Indexed keywords

ANGER; EMOTIONAL PROCESSING; ERROR MINIMIZATION; FAIRNESS; MONETARY GAIN; SELF-DISCOVERY OF ERROR; ULTIMATUM GAME; UNHAPPY;

BRAIN MODELS; CURVE FITTING; DECISION MAKING; OPTIMIZATION; SENSORY PERCEPTION;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

EID: 79957660684     PISSN: 18669956     EISSN: 18669964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12559-011-9095-2     Document Type: Article

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