Choosing for others changes dissociable computational mechanisms underpinning risky decision-making.

ABSTRACT: Choices under risk often have consequences for ourselves and others. Yet, it is unclear how the other's identity (stranger, close friend, etc.) influences risky choices made on their behalf. In a mixed within and between subjects design, two participant groups made three series of risky economic decisions: for themselves, another person, or for both themselves and another person (i.e., shared outcomes). One group made choices involving a same-sex stranger (n = 29), the other made choices involving a same-sex close friend (n = 28). Hierarchical Bayesian estimation of computations underlying risky decision-making revealed that relative to choosing for themselves, people were more risk averse, loss averse, and consistent when choices involved another person. Partner identity was additionally

SUBMITTER: Fareri DS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9399086 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature