The Role of Emotion in Decision Making: A Cognitive Neuroscience Perspective
Abstract
Decision making often occurs in the face of uncertainty about whether one's choices will lead to benefit or harm. The somatic-marker hypothesis is a neurobiological theory of how decisions are made in the face of uncertain outcome. This theory holds that such decisions are aided by emotions, in the form of bodily states, that are elicited during the deliberation of future consequences and that mark different options for behavior as being advantageous or disadvantageous. This process involves an interplay between neural systems that elicit emotional/bodily states and neural systems that map these emotional/bodily states.
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“Since 1994, moreover, an overwhelming volume of evidence, especially in neuroscience, has accumulated in support of the idea that emotional awareness and understanding is separate from intellectual intelligence, and these abilities directly impact human decision-making capabilities (e.g., see Naqvi, Shiv, & Bechara, 2006).”
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- Authors
- Naqvi, N., Shiv, B., & Bechara, A.
- Affiliations
- University of Iowa (US)
- Stanford University (US)
- University of Southern California (US)
- ORCID
- Bechara, Antoine
- Venue
- Current Directions in Psychological Science
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2006-10
- Volume
- 15
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 260-264
- ISSN
- 0963-7214 (ISSN-L)
- 1467-8721
- OpenAlex
- W2139437539
- Cited by
- 448
- References
- 3
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 6.61
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Current Directions in Psychological Science (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › General Decision Sciences › Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Cognitive Science and Education Research
- Keywords
- emotions, decision-making, somatic marker hypothesis, uncertainty, bodily states, affective evaluation, neural systems
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