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Problematic Internet Users Show Impaired Inhibitory Control and Risk Taking with Losses: Evidence from Stop Signal and Mixed Gambles Tasks [PDF]

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2016
According to the balance model of self-regulation, dysfunction of the inhibitory control and reward processing might be a behavioral marker for addiction and problematic behaviors.
QI eLI   +5 more
doaj   +6 more sources

Amygdala signals subjective appetitiveness and aversiveness of mixed gambles [PDF]

open access: yesCortex, 2015
People are more sensitive to losses than to equivalent gains when making financial decisions. We used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to illuminate how the amygdala contributes to loss aversion. The blood oxygen level dependent (BOLD) response of the amygdala was mapped while healthy individuals were responding to 50/50 gambles with ...
Thomas Z Ramsøy   +2 more
exaly   +7 more sources

fMRI data of mixed gambles from the Neuroimaging Analysis Replication and Prediction Study. [PDF]

open access: yesSci Data, 2019
AbstractThere is an ongoing debate about the replicability of neuroimaging research. It was suggested that one of the main reasons for the high rate of false positive results is the many degrees of freedom researchers have during data analysis. In the Neuroimaging Analysis Replication and Prediction Study (NARPS), we aim to provide the first scientific
Botvinik-Nezer R   +9 more
europepmc   +7 more sources

The effects of losses and event splitting on the Allais paradox [PDF]

open access: yesJudgment and Decision Making, 2007
The Allais Paradox, or common consequence effect, has been a standard challenge to normative theories of risky choice since its proposal over 60 years ago. However, neither its causes nor the conditions necessary to create the effect are well understood.
Bethany J. Weber
doaj   +2 more sources

Dishonestly increasing the likelihood of winning [PDF]

open access: yesJudgment and Decision Making, 2012
People not only seek to avoid losses or secure gains; they also attempt to create opportunities for obtaining positive outcomes. When distributing money between gambles with equal probabilities, people often invest in turning negative gambles into ...
Shaul Shalvi
doaj   +2 more sources

The effects of surrounding positive and negative experiences on risk taking [PDF]

open access: yesJudgment and Decision Making, 2016
Two experiments explored how the context of recently experiencing an abundance of positive or negative outcomes within a series of choices influences risk preferences.
Sandra Schneider   +2 more
doaj   +2 more sources

A call for qualitative and mixed-methods research on gambling and cannabis

open access: yesAddictive Behaviors Reports, 2023
Gambling disorder and cannabis use disorder are both considered major public health issues. Despite the well-documented frequency of substance use disorders among people with gambling disorder, little is known about the experiences of those who both engage with gambling and cannabis.
Magaly Brodeur   +9 more
openaire   +3 more sources

‘Tis better to choose and lose than to never choose at all [PDF]

open access: yesJudgment and Decision Making, 2017
When decisions involve opting in or out of competition many decision makers will opt-in even when doing so leads to losses on average. In the current paper, we examine the generality of this effect in risky choices not involving competition.
Nathaniel J. S. Ashby   +2 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Under pressure: response urgency modulates striatal and insula activity during decision-making under risk. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2011
When deciding whether to bet in situations that involve potential monetary loss or gain (mixed gambles), a subjective sense of pressure can influence the evaluation of the expected utility associated with each choice option.
Catherine L Jones   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Firm Acquisitions by Family Firms: A Mixed Gamble Approach [PDF]

open access: yesSSRN Electronic Journal, 2019
This study elucidates the mixed gamble confronting family firms when considering a related firm acquisition. The socioemotional and financial wealth trade-off associated with related firm acquisitions as well as their long-term horizon turns family firms more likely to undertake a related acquisition than nonfamily firms, especially when they are ...
Katrin Hussinger, Abdul-Basit Issah
openaire   +8 more sources

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