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SUBMITTER: Beisswingert BM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4773176 | biostudies-literature | 2016
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Beisswingert Birgit M BM Zhang Keshun K Goetz Thomas T Fischbacher Urs U
PloS one 20160301 3
Decision making in risky situations is frequently required in our everyday lives and has been shown to be influenced by various factors, some of which are independent of the risk context. Based on previous findings and theories about the central role of perceptions of control and their impact on subsequent settings, spillover effects of subjective loss of control on risky decision-making are assumed. After developing an innovative experimental paradigm for inducing loss of control, its hypothesi ...[more]