Article ; Online: Effects of emotional congruency and task complexity on decision-making.
2023 Volume 24, Issue 2, Page(s) 161–171
Abstract: The heuristic approach to decision-making holds that the selection process becomes more efficient when part of the information available is ignored. One element involved in selecting information is emotional valence. If emotional congruency is related to ...
Abstract | The heuristic approach to decision-making holds that the selection process becomes more efficient when part of the information available is ignored. One element involved in selecting information is emotional valence. If emotional congruency is related to simplified decision-making strategies, then the interaction of this factor with task complexity should exist. The present study explored how factors of this nature influence decision-making efficiency. We hypothesized that emotional congruency would have a positive effect on task execution and that the magnitude of that effect would increase with greater task complexity because in that condition the amount of information to be processed is greater, meaning that a heuristic approach to the problem would be more efficient. We design a decision in browser decision-making task in which participants had to select emotional images to gain points. Depending on the correlation between emotional valence and in-task image value, we defined three emotional congruency conditions: direct, null, and inverse. Our results show that distinct types of emotional congruency have differential effects on behavior. While direct congruency-enhanced overall decision-making performance, inverse congruency interacted with task complexity to modify the pace at which task feedback affected behavior. |
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MeSH term(s) | Humans ; Decision Making ; Emotions ; Facial Expression |
Language | English |
Publishing date | 2023-03-02 |
Publishing country | Germany |
Document type | Journal Article |
ZDB-ID | 2075054-7 |
ISSN | 1612-4790 ; 1612-4782 |
ISSN (online) | 1612-4790 |
ISSN | 1612-4782 |
DOI | 10.1007/s10339-023-01129-1 |
Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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