Decision making under hypoxia: Oxygen depletion increases risk seeking for losses but not for gains
Journal Title: Judgment and Decision Making - Year 2012, Vol 7, Issue 4
Abstract
We report a preliminary study that compared decisions made in an oxygen depleted environment with those made in a normoxic environment. Participants were presented with a series of choices that involved either losses or gains. For each choice they were forced to choose between a sure thing and a gamble of the same expected value. For choices involving losses, participants were more risk seeking in the oxygen depleted environment; for those involving gains, no difference was found.
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Stefania Pighin, Nicolao Bonini, Lucia Savadori, Constantinos Hadjichristidis, Tommaso Antonetti and Federico Schena
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