Display options
Cite
Mograbi GJ. Neural basis of decision-making and assessment: issues on testability and philosophical relevance. Mens Sana Monogr. 2011;9(1):251-9doi: 10.4103/0973-1229.77441.
Mograbi, G. J. (2011). Neural basis of decision-making and assessment: issues on testability and philosophical relevance. Mens sana monographs, 9(1), 251-9. https://doi.org/10.4103/0973-1229.77441
Mograbi, Gabriel José Corrê. "Neural basis of decision-making and assessment: issues on testability and philosophical relevance." Mens sana monographs vol. 9,1 (2011): 251-9. doi: https://doi.org/10.4103/0973-1229.77441
Mograbi GJ. Neural basis of decision-making and assessment: issues on testability and philosophical relevance. Mens Sana Monogr. 2011 Jan;9(1):251-9. doi: 10.4103/0973-1229.77441. PMID: 21694976; PMCID: PMC3115294.
Copy Download .nbib Format: NLM
Share it on

Mens Sana Monogr. 2011 Jan;9(1):251-9. doi: 10.4103/0973-1229.77441.

Neural basis of decision-making and assessment: issues on testability and philosophical relevance.

Mens sana monographs

Gabriel José Corrê Mograbi

Affiliations

  1. Professor of Philosophy of Science, Mind and Epistemology, Federal University Of Mato Grosso, Brazil.

PMID: 21694976 PMCID: PMC3115294 DOI: 10.4103/0973-1229.77441

Abstract

Decision-making is an intricate subject in neuroscience. It is often argued that laboratorial research is not capable of dealing with the necessary complexity to study the issue. Whereas philosophers in general neglect the physiological features that constitute the main aspects of thought and behaviour, I advocate that cutting-edge neuroscientific experiments can offer us a framework to explain human behaviour in its relationship with will, self-control, inhibition, emotion and reasoning. It is my contention that self-control mechanisms can modulate more basic stimuli. Assuming the aforementioned standpoints, I show the physiological mechanisms underlying social assessment and decision-making. I also establish a difference between veridical and adaptive decision-making, useful to create experimental designs that can better mimic the complexity of our day-by-day decisions in more ecologically relevant laboratorial research. Moreover, I analyse some experiments in order to develop an epistemological reflection about the necessary neural mechanisms to social assessment and decision-making.

Keywords: Attention; Decision-making; Inhibition; Self-control; Social Assessment

References

  1. Conscious Cogn. 1999 Sep;8(3):364-77 - PubMed
  2. J Neurosci. 2003 Oct 22;23(29):9632-8 - PubMed
  3. Psychol Sci. 2004 Dec;15(12):806-13 - PubMed

Publication Types