The somatic marker hypothesis: a neural theory of economic decision

@article{citeulike:131507, abstract = {Modern economic theory ignores the influence of emotions on decision-making. Emerging neuroscience evidence suggests that sound and rational decision making, in fact, depends on prior accurate emotional processing. The somatic marker hypothesis provides a systems-level neuroanatomical and cognitive framework for decision-making and its influence by emotion. The key idea of this hypothesis is that decision-making is a process that is influenced by marker signals that arise in bioregulatory processes, including those that express themselves in emotions and feelings. This influence can occur at multiple levels of operation, some of which occur consciously, and some of which occur non-consciously. Here we review studies that confirm various predictions from the hypothesis, and propose a neural model for economic decision, in which emotions are a major factor in the interaction between environmental conditions and human decision processes, with these emotional systems providing valuable implicit or explicit knowledge for making fast and advantageous decisions.}, author = {Bechara, Antoine and Damasio, Antonio R. }, citeulike-article-id = {131507}, doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.geb.2004.06.010}, journal = {Games and Economic Behavior}, keywords = {decision-making, neuroeconomics, somatic-marker}, posted-at = {2005-05-24 19:41:07}, priority = {4}, title = {The somatic marker hypothesis: a neural theory of economic decision}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.geb.2004.06.010}, volume = {In Press, Corrected Proof} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:131507 L3 - citeulike-article-id:131507 TI - The somatic marker hypothesis: a neural theory of economic decision JF - Games and Economic Behavior VL - In Press, Corrected Proof N2 - Modern economic theory ignores the influence of emotions on decision-making. Emerging neuroscience evidence suggests that sound and rational decision making, in fact, depends on prior accurate emotional processing. The somatic marker hypothesis provides a systems-level neuroanatomical and cognitive framework for decision-making and its influence by emotion. The key idea of this hypothesis is that decision-making is a process that is influenced by marker signals that arise in bioregulatory processes, including those that express themselves in emotions and feelings. This influence can occur at multiple levels of operation, some of which occur consciously, and some of which occur non-consciously. Here we review studies that confirm various predictions from the hypothesis, and propose a neural model for economic decision, in which emotions are a major factor in the interaction between environmental conditions and human decision processes, with these emotional systems providing valuable implicit or explicit knowledge for making fast and advantageous decisions. KW - decision-making KW - neuroeconomics KW - somatic-marker AU - Bechara, Antoine AU - Damasio, Antonio UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.geb.2004.06.010 ER -