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Talk Stefano Palminteri (NEURO-Connect seminar)

29 October @ 12 h 15 min - 13 h 15 min

Feedback-induced dispositional changes in risk preferences Contrary to the original normative decision-making standpoint, empirical studies have repeatedly reported that risk preferences are affected by the disclosure of choice outcomes (feedback). Although no consensus has yet emerged regarding the properties and mechanisms of this effect, a widespread and intuitive hypothesis is that repeated feedback affects risk preferences by means of a learning effect, which alters the representation of subjective probabilities. Here, we ran a series of seven experiments (N= 538), tailored to decipher the effects of feedback on risk preferences. Our results indicate that the presence of feedback consistently increases risk-taking, even when the risky option is economically less advantageous. Crucially, risk-taking increases just after the instructions, before participants experience any feedback. These results challenge the learning account, and advocate for a dispositional effect, induced by the mere anticipation of feedback information. Epistemic curiosity and regret avoidance may drive this effect in partial and complete feedback conditions, respectively. ON SITE & ZOOM Meeting https://unige.zoom.us/j/66912755898?pwd=GvaVp6wWlCQhtRGedOD4Fl6azb9R58.1 Meeting ID: 669 1275 5898 Passcode: 902322

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Date:
29 October
Time:
12 h 15 min - 13 h 15 min
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Website:
http://agenda.unige.ch/events/view/40860

Venue

H8-01-D