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Media type:
E-Article
Title:
Decision Neuroscience : New Directions in Studies of Judgment and Decision Making
:
New Directions in Studies of Judgment and Decision Making
Contributor:
Sanfey, Alan G.
Published:
SAGE Publications, 2007
Published in:
Current Directions in Psychological Science, 16 (2007) 3, Seite 151-155
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1111/j.1467-8721.2007.00494.x
ISSN:
0963-7214;
1467-8721
Origination:
Footnote:
Description:
Investigations of decision making have historically been undertaken by different disciplines, each using different techniques and assumptions, and few unifying efforts have been made. Economists have focused on precise mathematical models of normative decision making, psychologists have examined how decisions are actually made based on cognitive constraints, and neuroscientists have concentrated on the detailed operation of neural systems in simple choices. In recent years, however, researchers in these separate fields have joined forces in an attempt to better specify the foundations of decision making. This interdisciplinary effort has begun to use decision theory to guide the search for the neural bases of reward value and predictability. Concurrently, these formal models are beginning to incorporate processes such as social reward and emotion. The combination of these diverse theoretical approaches and methodologies is already yielding significant progress in the construction of more comprehensive decision-making models.