{"pk":28731,"title":"Effects of Induced Affective States\non Decisions under Risk with Mixed Domain Problems","subtitle":null,"abstract":"We investigated whether induced affective states can affect the\nprocess and outcomes of decisions under risk. A mood\ninduction task was used to elicit a positive or negative mood in\na sample of adult participants (N=48). The participants then\nresponded to 28 decision problems, each offering a choice\nbetween two mixed-domain risky alternatives. The dependent\nvariables of interest were decision-making choices, as well as\nan eye-tracking based attentional measure: the total fixation\ndurations for certain critical aspects of the two presented risky\ndecision options. Mood condition did not have a significant\nmain effect on participants’ choices, or on mean total fixation\ntime for problems. However, fixation times showed a three-\nway interaction between mood condition, domain (gain versus\nloss), and time (block). The fixation time data also provided\nsome general insights into participants’ patterns of attention\nallocation during decision-making. They generally spent more\ntime looking at values compared to probabilities, and more\ntime looking at potential gains compared to losses (although\nthis difference declined over time, especially for positive-mood\nparticipants).","language":"eng","license":{"name":"","short_name":"","text":null,"url":""},"keywords":[{"word":"emotion; decision making; mood induction; affect;\nallocation of attention; eye tracking; risk; cognitive processing;\nstrategy; choice"}],"section":"Papers with Poster Presentations","is_remote":true,"remote_url":"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/4bs4q8j8","frozenauthors":[{"first_name":"Rui","middle_name":"","last_name":"Gong","name_suffix":"","institution":"Columbia University","department":""},{"first_name":"James","middle_name":"","last_name":"Corter","name_suffix":"","institution":"Columbia University","department":""}],"date_submitted":null,"date_accepted":null,"date_published":"2019-01-01T18:00:00Z","render_galley":null,"galleys":[{"label":"PDF","type":"pdf","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/cognitivesciencesociety/article/28731/galley/18602/download/"}]}