Value certainty and choice confidence are multidimensional constructs that guide decision-making.

ABSTRACT: The degree of certainty that decision-makers have about their evaluations of available choice alternatives and their confidence about selecting the subjectively best alternative are important factors that affect current and future value-based choices. Assessments of the alternatives in a given choice set are rarely unidimensional; their values are usually derived from a combination of multiple distinct attributes. For example, the taste, texture, quantity, and nutritional content of a snack food may all be considered when determining whether to consume it. We examined how certainty about the levels of individual attributes of an option relates to certainty about the overall value of that option as a whole and/or to confidence in having chosen the subjectively best available option. We foun

SUBMITTER: Lee DG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10390628 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature