Deliberation decreases the likelihood of expressing dominant responses.

ABSTRACT: Deliberation is commonly assumed to be a central characteristic of humans' higher cognitive functions, and the responses following deliberation are attributed to mechanisms that are qualitatively different from lower-level associative or affectively driven responses. In contrast to this perspective, the current article's aim is to draw attention to potential issues with making inferences about mechanisms of deliberation based on characteristics of the observed decision outcomes. We propose that a consequence of deliberation is to simply reduce the likelihood of expressing immediately available (dominant) responses. We illustrate how this consequence of deliberation can provide a parsimonious explanation for a broad range of prior research on decision-making. Furthermore, we discuss how the

SUBMITTER: Martiny-Huenger T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7870620 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature