Tag: Emotional Decision
by Ela
September 23, 2011

The key ingredient behind successful decision making
Photo courtesy Jamie Frith available under the Creative Commons license on Flickr. The series of posts on decision making: When are decisions consciously made? Rational decision making and the curse of dimensionality Emotional decision making and the Descartes’ error The key ingredient behind successful decision making Why best decisions are wrong and what to do […]
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by Ela
September 9, 2011

Emotional decision making and the Descartes’ error
This is a follow-up for the post on rational decision making. And first, a boring but important bit: “Most theories of choice assume that decisions derive from an assessment of the future outcomes of various options and alternatives through some type of cost-benefit analyses. The influence of emotions on decision-making is largely ignored. The studies […]
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