Frames, Biases, and Rational Decision-Making in the Human Brain. Martino, B. D., Kumaran, D., Seymour, B., & Dolan, R. J. Science, 313(5787):684–687, August, 2006. ![Frames, Biases, and Rational Decision-Making in the Human Brain [link]](https://bibbase.org/img/filetypes/link.svg "link")
Paper doi abstract bibtex Human choices are remarkably susceptible to the manner in which options are presented. This so-called “framing effect” represents a striking violation of standard economic accounts of human rationality, although its underlying neurobiology is not understood. We found that the framing effect was specifically associated with amygdala activity, suggesting a key role for an emotional system in mediating decision biases. Moreover, across individuals, orbital and medial prefrontal cortex activity predicted a reduced susceptibility to the framing effect. This finding highlights the importance of incorporating emotional processes within models of human choice and suggests how the brain may modulate the effect of these biasing influences to approximate rationality. The framing effect—in which the way a question is posed alters the answer—is a result of biases arising in the amygdala, a brain region involved with emotion. The framing effect—in which the way a question is posed alters the answer—is a result of biases arising in the amygdala, a brain region involved with emotion.
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title = {Frames, {Biases}, and {Rational} {Decision}-{Making} in the {Human} {Brain}},
volume = {313},
copyright = {American Association for the Advancement of Science},
issn = {0036-8075, 1095-9203},
url = {http://science.sciencemag.org/content/313/5787/684},
doi = {10.1126/science.1128356},
abstract = {Human choices are remarkably susceptible to the manner in which options are presented. This so-called “framing effect” represents a striking violation of standard economic accounts of human rationality, although its underlying neurobiology is not understood. We found that the framing effect was specifically associated with amygdala activity, suggesting a key role for an emotional system in mediating decision biases. Moreover, across individuals, orbital and medial prefrontal cortex activity predicted a reduced susceptibility to the framing effect. This finding highlights the importance of incorporating emotional processes within models of human choice and suggests how the brain may modulate the effect of these biasing influences to approximate rationality.
The framing effect—in which the way a question is posed alters the answer—is a result of biases arising in the amygdala, a brain region involved with emotion.
The framing effect—in which the way a question is posed alters the answer—is a result of biases arising in the amygdala, a brain region involved with emotion.},
language = {en},
number = {5787},
urldate = {2019-02-19},
journal = {Science},
author = {Martino, Benedetto De and Kumaran, Dharshan and Seymour, Ben and Dolan, Raymond J.},
month = aug,
year = {2006},
pages = {684--687},
}
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