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Namra Manzoor1, Francisco Molins1, Miguel Ángel Serrano1
1Department of Psychobiology, University of Valencia, Department of Psychobiology, Av. Blasco Ibáñez, 13, 46010, Valencia, Spain.
Abstract:
Decision-making depends on the context (frame) in which questions and alternatives are presented. Moreover, research has showed that the ability to detect bodily sensations (interoception) and being able to attribute these changes to emotions correctly (alexithymia) influence how we make decisions. The aim of the present research was to study how interoception and alexithymia might affect the Framing effect (FE), a cognitive bias closely related to emotional system. 42 healthy participants completed the Risky-choice Framing task and their interoception and alexithymia levels were measured. Results showed that the participants were more risk-taking under the negative frames in comparison to the positive ones. In addition, we found that alexithymia and interoception were negatively and positively correlated with the FE, respectively. Finally, the moderation analyses revealed that alexithymia predicted a lower FE only when the interoception was high. Based on previous literature and in our results, we propose a two-stage model of intuitive decision-making.
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