Decision Making Under Objective Risk Conditions–a Review of Cognitive and Emotional Correlates, Strategies, Feedback Processing, and External Influences

Neuropsychology Review

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 171-198

  Schiebener, Johannes ^a   Brand, Matthias ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b ERWIN L HAHN INSTITUTE FOR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING   (Germany)

Author keywords

Decision making; Dual process model; External influences; Objective risk; Reflective impulsive system; Sociodemographic factors

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; EMOTION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL;

COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; EMOTIONS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGICAL; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; RISK-TAKING;

EID: 84930924724     PISSN: 10407308     EISSN: 15736660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11065-015-9285-x     Document Type: Review

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