Amygdala Damage Eliminates Monetary Loss Aversion
Losses are a possibility in many risky decisions, and organisms have evolved mechanisms to evaluate and avoid them. Laboratory and field evidence suggests that people often avoid risks with losses even when they might earn a substantially larger gain, a behavioral preference termed "loss aversi...
| Veröffentlicht in: | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. in. - National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. - 107(2010), 8, Seite 3788-3792 |
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| Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk: | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. in |
| Schlagworte: | economics neuroscience prospect theory brain lesions decision making Biological sciences Behavioral sciences Health sciences Mathematics Economics |
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