Framing effect following bilateral amygdala lesion.
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SUBMITTER: Talmi D
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2877879 | biostudies-literature | 2010 May
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Framing effect following bilateral amygdala lesion.
Talmi Deborah D Hurlemann René R Patin Alexandra A Dolan Raymond J RJ
Neuropsychologia 20100319 6
A paradigmatic example of an emotional bias in decision making is the framing effect, where the manner in which a choice is posed--as a potential loss or a potential gain--systematically biases an ensuing decision. Two fMRI studies have shown that the activation in the amygdala is modulated by the framing effect. Here, contrary to an expectation based on these studies, we show that two patients with Urbach-Wiethe (UW) disease, a rare condition associated with congenital, complete bilateral amygd ...[more]
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