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Easterbrook MJ, Wright ML, Dittmar H, Banerjee R. Consumer culture ideals, extrinsic motivations, and well-being in children. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY 2014. [DOI: 10.1002/ejsp.2020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Li Q, Qi Y, Liu X, Luo J. Can the memory of an object be enhanced by imagining its loss? CHINESE SCIENCE BULLETIN-CHINESE 2013. [DOI: 10.1007/s11434-012-5659-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Li Q, Qin S, Rao LL, Zhang W, Ying X, Guo X, Guo C, Ding J, Li S, Luo J. Can Sophie's choice be adequately captured by cold computation of minimizing losses? An fMRI study of vital loss decisions. PLoS One 2011; 6:e17544. [PMID: 21412428 PMCID: PMC3055886 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0017544] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2010] [Accepted: 02/07/2011] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
Abstract
The vast majority of decision-making research is performed under the assumption of the value maximizing principle. This principle implies that when making decisions, individuals try to optimize outcomes on the basis of cold mathematical equations. However, decisions are emotion-laden rather than cool and analytic when they tap into life-threatening considerations. Using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), this study investigated the neural mechanisms underlying vital loss decisions. Participants were asked to make a forced choice between two losses across three conditions: both losses are trivial (trivial-trivial), both losses are vital (vital-vital), or one loss is trivial and the other is vital (vital-trivial). Our results revealed that the amygdala was more active and correlated positively with self-reported negative emotion associated with choice during vital-vital loss decisions, when compared to trivial-trivial loss decisions. The rostral anterior cingulate cortex was also more active and correlated positively with self-reported difficulty of choice during vital-vital loss decisions. Compared to the activity observed during trivial-trivial loss decisions, the orbitofrontal cortex and ventral striatum were more active and correlated positively with self-reported positive emotion of choice during vital-trivial loss decisions. Our findings suggest that vital loss decisions involve emotions and cannot be adequately captured by cold computation of minimizing losses. This research will shed light on how people make vital loss decisions.
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Affiliation(s)
- Qi Li
- Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- Graduate University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America
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- Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- Graduate University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Center for Social Psychology Studies, Institute of Sociology, Chinese Academy of Social Science, Beijing, China
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- Department of Psychology, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Learning & Cognition Lab, Capital Normal University, Beijing, China
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- Learning & Cognition Lab, Capital Normal University, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- Learning & Cognition Lab, Capital Normal University, Beijing, China
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