Do intuitive and deliberate judgments rely on two distinct neural systems? A case study in face processing (2015)

Abstract

Arguably the most influential models of human decision-making today are based on the assumption that two separable systems - intuition and deliberation - underlie the judgments that people make. Our recent work is among the first to present neural evidence contrary to the predictions of these dual-systems accounts. We measured brain activations using functional magnetic resonance imaging while participants were specifically instructed to either intuitively or deliberately judge the authenticity of emotional facial expressions. Results from three different analyses revealed both common brain networks of activation across decision mode and differential activations as a function of strategy adherence. We take our results to contradict popular dual-systems accounts that propose a clear-cut dichotomy of the processing systems, and to support rather a unified model. According to this, intuitive and deliberate judgment processes rely on the same rules, though only the former are thought to be characterized by non-conscious processing.

Bibliographic entry

Mega, L. F., Gigerenzer, G., & Volz, K. G. (2015). Do intuitive and deliberate judgments rely on two distinct neural systems? A case study in face processing. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 9:456. doi:10.3389/fnhum.2015.00456 (Full text)

Miscellaneous

Publication year 2015
Document type: Article
Publication status: Published
External URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2015.00456 View
Categories: IntuitionForecasting
Keywords: deliberationdual-system modelintuitionintuition, deliberation, unimodel, dual-system modorbitofrontal cortexunimodel

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