ArticleThe Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience2017
Reason's Enemy Is Not Emotion: Engagement of Cognitive Control Networks Explains Biases in Gain/Loss Framing.
Article in The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 15 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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- A systematic review of risky-choice framing effects.EXCLI journal · 2023Review
- Neural Support for Contributions of Utility and Narrative Processing of Evidence in Juror Decision Making.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2022Article
- Decision neuroscience and neuroeconomics: Recent progress and ongoing challenges.Wiley interdisciplinary reviews. Cognitive science · 2022Review
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- Greater learning transfer effect for avoidance of loss than for achievement of gain in Finnish and Russian schoolchildren.Heliyon · 2020Article
- The Neural Mechanism of the Social Framing Effect: Evidence from fMRI and tDCS Studies.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2020Article
- Shared and distinct neural circuitry for nonsymbolic and symbolic double-digit addition.Human brain mapping · 2019Article
- Neural Underpinnings of Financial Decision Bias in Older Adults: Putative Theoretical Models and a Way to Reconcile Them.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2019Article
- Working memory loads differentially influence frame-induced bias and normative choice in risky decision making.PloS one · 2019Article
- Neural underpinnings of maladaptive decision-making in addictions.Pharmacology, biochemistry, and behavior · 2018Review
- Deciding for Future Selves Reduces Loss Aversion.Frontiers in psychology · 2017Article
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Abstract
In the classic gain/loss framing effect, describing a gamble as a potential gain or loss biases people to make risk-averse or risk-seeking decisions, respectively. The canonical explanation for this effect is that frames differentially modulate emotional processes, which in turn leads to irrational choice behavior. Here, we evaluate the source of framing biases by integrating functional magnetic resonance imaging data from 143 human participants performing a gain/loss framing task with meta-analytic data from >8000 neuroimaging studies. We found that activation during choices consistent with the framing effect were most correlated with activation associated with the resting or default brain, while activation during choices inconsistent with the framing effect was most correlated with the task-engaged brain. Our findings argue against the common interpretation of gain/loss framing as a competition between emotion and control. Instead, our study indicates that this effect results from differential cognitive engagement across decision frames.
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