PSYC 211 Lecture Notes - Lecture 39: Cerebral Cortex, Superior Colliculus, Thalamus
16 Mar 2017
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Patients with pfv damage decisions that are rewarding in the short term but lead to detrimental effects in the long term (e. g. gambling) Two were good decks and two were bad decks: selecting cards from the good" decks lead to low rewards but low penalties, selecting cards from the bad" decks lead to high rewards but high penalties. Deck a: gain ; one half of all cards also have penalties averaging . Deck b: gain ; 1/10 of all cards also have penalties of . Deck c: gain ; of all cards also have penalties averaging . Results from the iowa gambling task control subjects showed changes in skin conductance associated with emotional stress" just before they chose a card from the bad deck control subjects eventually shifted their responses from bad decks to good decks. That is, they let their emotional response guide their choice behavior.
