This paper examines the link between affective experience and decision-making performance. In a stock investment simulation, 101 stock investors rated their feelings on an Internet Web site while making investment decisions each day for 20 consecutive business days. Contrary to the popular belief that feelings are generally bad for decision making, we found that individuals who experienced more intense feelings achieved higher decision-making performance. Moreover, individuals who were better able to identify and distinguish among their current feelings achieved higher decision-making performance via their enhanced ability to control the possible biases induced by those feelings.
MYEONG-GU SEO & BARRETT
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I like the finding that individuals who were better able to identify and distinguish among their current feelings achieved higher decision-making performance.
As emotional input is inmevitable (although there are people who are more emotional than others??), this would seem to be a very worthwhile theme to focus on in this area.
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Martin Ryan said...
I like the finding that individuals who were better able to identify and distinguish among their current feelings achieved higher decision-making performance.
As emotional input is inmevitable (although there are people who are more emotional than others??), this would seem to be a very worthwhile theme to focus on in this area.
6:43 PM
It definitely is Martin and there are a few simple ways in which these concepts will be examined in the research after christmas.
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