Risk preference and choice stochasticity during decisions for other people |
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| Authors: | Francesco Rigoli Katrin H. Preller Raymond J. Dolan |
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| Affiliation: | 1.City, University of London,London,UK;2.Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging,University College London,London,UK;3.Neuropsychopharmacology and Brain Imaging, Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics,University Hospital for Psychiatry Zurich,Zurich,Switzerland;4.Max Planck UCL Centre for Computational Psychiatry and Ageing Research,London,UK |
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| Abstract: | In several contexts, such as finance and politics, people make choices that are relevant for others but irrelevant for oneself. Focusing on decision-making under risk, we compared monetary choices made for one’s own interest with choices made on behalf of an anonymous individual. Consistent with the previous literature, other-interest choices were characterized by an increased gambling propensity. We also investigated choice stochasticity, which captures how much decisions vary in similar conditions. An aspect related to choice stochasticity is how much decisions are tuned to the option values, and we found that this was higher during self-interest than during other-interest choices. This effect was observed only in individuals who reported a motivation to distribute rewards unequally, suggesting that it may (at least partially) depend on a motivation to make accurate decisions for others. Our results indicate that, during decision-making under risk, choices for other people are characterized by a decreased tuning to the values of the options, in addition to enhanced risk seeking. |
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