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The inverse relation between expectations of risk and returns is consistent with judgments based on affect rather than reason.
“This pattern of an inverse relation between expectations of risk and returns is consistent with judgments based on aect, rather than reason (e.g., Slovic et al. 2004Slovic et al. , 2005Slovic et al. , 2007;;Finucane et al. 2000).”
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Much evidence demonstrates the significant role of affect in human judgment.
“Much evidence demonstrates the significant role of affect in human judgment (Lerner et al., 2015; Loewenstein et al., 2001; Slovic et al., 2007).”
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“Finally, the affect heuristic, allowing emotions to bypass the deliberative chain [152], is supported by neuroimaging evidence that negative information activates more extensive cognitive networks, including the amygdala, requiring greater neural effort to overcome [153].”
- Authors
- Slovic, P., Finucane, M. L., Peters, E., & MacGregor, D. G.
- Affiliations
- Decision Research (US)
- Corresponding author
- Slovic, Paul
- Venue
- European Journal of Operational Research
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2007-03
- Volume
- 177
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 1333-1352
- ISSN
- 0377-2217 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W4246833228
- Cited by
- 1,537
- References
- 7
- Citations by year
- 2026: 171 · 2025: 153 · 2024: 116 · 2023: 123 · 2022: 125 · 2021: 139 · 2020: 115 · 2019: 95 · 2018: 104 · 2017: 88 · 2016: 73 · 2015: 63 · 2014: 45 · 2013: 40 · 2012: 27
- FWCI
- 3.12
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- European Journal of Operational Research (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › General Decision Sciences › Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Management Science and Operations Research › Leadership, Behavior, and Decision-Making Studies
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
- Keywords
- affect heuristic, affect, judgment and decision making, emotional responses, heuristic theory, positive and negative affect
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