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<div>Ahamed, H., & Kurczek, J. (2016, April). Mind-ception: Investigating the relationship between theory of mind and decision making. <i>Poster Presentation at the 31st Annual LVAIC Undergraduate Psychology Conference.</i> Bethlehem, PA.</div><ul>
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<p>• Much of our decision making (DM) requires either direct or indirect
considerations of others’ thoughts (McCubbins, et al., 2012).
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<p>• Theory of Mind (ToM – the capacity to infer the thoughts/intentions of
others) is an ability intrinsic to game theory (which underlies much of
economic research concerning DM – von Neumann & Morgenstern, 1944)
as attributing preferences to others sets up strategic game play
(Kimbrough et al., 2014)
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<p>• DM also shares cognitive and neural components with the ToM as
proposed by Shamay-Tsoory et al. (2009, 2010)
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<p>• However, the research is mixed regarding the relationship between ToM
and DM. A number of studies have found no relationship between the two
abilities (Torralva et al., 2007; Torralva et al., 2013; Xi et al., 2011)
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<p>• Here we explore the relationship between ToM and Decision Making across
ToM and decision tasks and within a novel application of a matrix decision
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