Citation

Breaban A, van de Kuilen G, Noussair CN. Front. Psychol. 2016; 7: 1688.

Affiliation

Department of Economics, University of Arizona Tucson, AZ, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2016, Frontiers Research Foundation)

DOI

10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01688

PMID

27840616

Abstract

We report an experiment to consider the emotional correlates of prudent decision making. In the experiment, we present subjects with lotteries and measure their emotional response with facial recognition software. They then make binary choices between risky lotteries that distinguish prudent from imprudent individuals. They also perform tasks to measure their cognitive ability and a number of personality characteristics. We find that a more negative emotional state correlates with greater prudence. Higher cognitive ability and less conscientiousness is also associated with greater prudence.

Language: en