How beliefs about self-creation inflate value in the human brain

How beliefs about self-creation inflate value in the human brain

Humans have a tendency to overvalue their own ideas and creations. Understanding how these errors in judgement emerge is important for explaining suboptimal decisions, as when individuals and groups choose self-created alternatives over superior or equal ones. We show that such overvaluation is a re...

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Main Authors: Raphael eKoster, Tali eSharot, Rachel eYuan, Bendetto eDe Martino, Michael eNorton, Ray eDolan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
Subjects:
Amygdala
Caudate Nucleus
Hippocampus
fMRI
medial temporal lobe
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnhum.2015.00473/full

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