The Neuroscience of Risky Decision Making

ISBN-13: 9781433816628 / Angielski / Twarda / 2014 / 240 str.

Valerie F. Reyna

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Whether the decision is to have unprotected sex, consent to surgery, spend rather than save for retirement, or have an extra piece of pie, risky decisions permeate our lives, sometimes with disastrous consequences. How and why risk taking occurs has important implications, yet many questions remain about how various factors influence decision-making.

This book advances basic understanding and scientific theory about the brain mechanisms underlying risky decision making, paving the way for translation of science into practice and policy. This compelling research topic crosses a number of disciplines, including developmental and cognitive psychology, brain sciences, law, behavioural economics, and addiction.

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Contributors
Foreword, Colin F. Camerer
Preface
Introduction, Valerie F. Reyna and Vivian Zayas

I. Neuroeconomics
Reward, Representation, and Impulsivity: A Theoretical Framework for the Neuroscience of Risky Decision Making, Valerie F. Reyna and Scott A. Huettel
Behavioral and Neuroscience Methods for Studying Neuroeconomic Processes: What We Can Learn From Framing Effects, Irwin P. Levin, Todd McElroy, Gary J. Gaeth, and William Hedgcock
II. Neurodevelopment
Risks, Rewards, and the Developing Brain in Childhood and Adolescence, Barbara Braams, Linda van Leijenhorst, and Eveline A. Crone
The Adolescent Sensation-Seeking Period: Development of Reward Processing and Its Effects on Cognitive Control, Beatriz Luna, Aarthi Padmanabhan, and Charles Geier
Reward Processing and Risky Decision Making in the Aging Brain, Gregory Samanez-Larkin and Brian Knutson
III. Neuropsychology
Mind and Brain in Delay of Gratification, Vivian Zayas, Walter Mischel, and Gayathri Pandey
The Neuroscience of Dual (and Triple) Systems in Decision Making, Samantha M. W. Wood and Antoine Bechara

Index
About the Editors