Interoception drives increased rational decision-making in meditators playing the Ultimatum Game.

Human decision-making is often framed as a competition between cognitive and emotional processes in the brain. Deviations from rational processes are believed to derive from inclusion of emotional factors in decision-making. Here, we investigate whether a group of experienced Buddhist meditators are...

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Main Authors: Ulrich eKirk, Jonathan eDownar, P Read eMontague
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2011-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnins.2011.00049/full