AffectDM - The role of anticipatory and anticipated affects on decision-making - FHSE

The current project investigates how people anticipate their emotions and how decision-making differs when anticipatory affect is high compared to low.

The project at a glance

Start date:

01 Oct 2021
Duration in months:

48
Funding:

FNR
Principal Investigator(s):

Claus VÖGELE

About

Across a series of experiments this project investigates the influence of affect on decision-making. Previous research has shown that people show systematic differences in decision behavior when anticipatory affect is high compared to low. We seek to further our understanding of the processes underlying these differences by employing computational modeling and psychophysiological methods. In a next step we use brain imaging to study the neural correlates of how people predict emotions in response to anticipated events, a phenomenon known as affective forecasting, and which is essential to decision making. Overall, the project advances our knowledge on the role of anticipatory and anticipated affect in decision-making. The project occurs in the framework of the 3E doctoral training unit, an interdisciplinary FNR-funded initiative that fosters exchanges between economics and psychology.