Pleasure in decision-making situations.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This study explores the role of pleasure in decision making.

Results

In Experiment 1, 12 subjects were presented with a questionnaire containing 46 items taken from the literature. Twenty-three items described a situation where a decision should be made and ended with a suggested solution. The other items served as filler items. The subjects were requested not to make a decision but to rate the pleasure or displeasure they experienced when reading the situation described in the item. The subjects' ratings were then compared to the decisions on the same situations made by the other subjects of the studies published by other workers. The ratings of pleasure/displeasure given by our subjects correlated significantly with the choices published by other authors. This r

SUBMITTER: Cabanac M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC116425 | biostudies-literature | 2002 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature