title: The Iowa Gambling Task and the somatic marker hypothesis: some questions and answers.
abstract: A recent study by Maia and McClelland on participants' knowledge in the Iowa Gambling Task suggests a different interpretation for an experiment we reported in 1997. The authors use their results to question the evidence for the somatic marker hypothesis. Here we consider whether the authors' conclusions are justified.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology (Division of Cognitive Neuroscience), University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa, USA. antoine-bechara@uiowa.edu
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bechara
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Damasio
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Tranel
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Damasio
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D001364:Awareness / Q000502:physiology*; D015415:Biomarkers; D003243:Consciousness / Q000502:physiology; D003657:Decision Making; D004644:Emotions / Q000502:physiology; D005712:Galvanic Skin Response / Q000502:physiology*; D005715:Gambling / Q000523:psychology*; D005717:Games, Experimental; D006801:Humans; D008960:Models, Psychological; D017397:Prefrontal Cortex / Q000502:physiology; D011582:Psychological Theory; D012309:Risk-Taking
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers