Unconscious influences on decision making: neuroimaging and neuroevolutionary perspectives.
Newell and Shanks provide a useful critique on unconscious decision making. However, they do not consider an important set of functional brain imaging studies of unconscious processes. Here we review briefly the relevant brain imaging and psychobiological literature and its implications for understanding unconscious decision making.
Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health, Groote Schuur Hospital, University of Cape Town, Observatory 7925, South Africa. Samantha.brooks@uct.ac.za dan.stein@uct.ac.za http://www.health.uct.ac.za/departments/psychiatry/about/
Samantha J
SJ
Brooks
Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health, Groote Schuur Hospital, University of Cape Town, Observatory 7925, South Africa. Samantha.brooks@uct.ac.za dan.stein@uct.ac.za http://www.health.uct.ac.za/departments/psychiatry/about/
Dan J
DJ
Stein
D003657:Decision Making; D006801:Humans; D014473:Unconscious, Psychology