Cognitive Neuroscience Tools in Economic Experiments Investigating the Decision Making Process

Anna Borawska · Folia Oeconomica Stetinensia · 2017 · neuroeconomics · 10.1515/foli-2017-0013 · record borawska2017-cognitive-neuroscience-tools-in-ec
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EEG 4 fields · Selection 3 fields · Intelligence 3 fields · fMRI 2 fields

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decision making process Intelligence Identification Cognitive neuroscience techniques of cognitive neuroscience Neuroimaging EEG fMRI functional near-infrared spectroscopy Neurophysiological techniques GSR measurement Eye-tracking decision process Design Development Choice Selection measuring neurophysiological activity bypasses the self-report distortions (demand characteristics, participants' limited insight) that mask the true mechanisms of choice decision-making process electroencephalography (EEG) fNIRS eye-tracking (ET) review

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phenomenondecision making process in economic experiments
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limitationsOnly three of the decision-process phases are considered; the implementation phase is excluded as not a mental task.
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limitationsThe equipment's recording requirements confine the research mostly to individual humans.
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what this limits: the topic distribution of neuroeconomic experiments as reflecting what matters most: the paper attributes the restriction to individual humans to the recording method and the equipment needed, and lists the resulting dominant trends immediately after
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transfersbrain and body measurement techniques (fMRI, EEG, fNIRS, galvanic skin response, heart rate, eye-tracking) are taken over into the design of economic experiments on decision making
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sensesdecision-making phases - the same three stages under a different naming convention: Identification, Development and Selection
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sensesCognitive neuroscience - multidisciplinary study of mind combining psychology and neurobiology with philosophy, linguistics, and other fields
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sensesCognitive-neuroscience techniques - brain neuroimaging, neurophysiology, nerve-cell examination, and neuropsychology
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sensesNeuroimaging - methods for studying brain structure and function through electrical, magnetic, or indirect tomographic measures
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sensesEye-tracking - detecting eye position, gaze direction, movement sequence, and visual adaptation during cognition
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sensesDecision process - the path from awareness of a decision problem to a final solution among alternatives
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content_tagsBecause of how the data are recorded and the equipment needed, this research is limited mostly to questions about individual human beings.
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content_tagsEEG's very good temporal resolution makes it the tool of choice for tracking how brain activity changes over time and for analysing reactions to external stimuli.
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content_tagsfMRI shows how much oxygen is delivered to specific parts of the brain, from which their activity is deduced.
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content_tagsNeurophysiological measurement can be more faithful to what participants actually do than self-report measures are.
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content_tagsSubstantial brain information processes that determine economic decisions are not easily observed through behavioural research methods.
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content_tagsThese studies confirm that brain activity causally affects economic choice beyond environmental factors.
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content_tagsNeuroscience techniques may reveal fundamental principles of decision making not considered relevant in traditional economic research.
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content_tagsEvery later model of the decision process still contains Simon's three phases of intelligence, design and choice, differing only in naming and in how finely the phases are split.
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content_tagsBehavioural evidence shows some deviations from expected utility theory, but only cognitive neuroscience could offer explanations of why people are less rational than assumed.
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content_tagsThe decision-making and cognitive neuroscience literatures have focused especially on the final phase, evaluation and choice, the most intensively studied to date.
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content_tagsThe cost of the specialised equipment, fMRI above all, is one of the practical obstacles to using neuroscience in economic experiments.
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content_tagsA single cognitive neuroscience experiment yields an enormous amount of neurophysiological data, which forces the use of very sophisticated analysis methods.
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content_tagsdecision-making process
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content_tags650–1000 nm — the infrared wavelength window whose low absorption by biological tissue fNIRS exploits to estimate cortical activity
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