Anodal transcranial direct current stimulation over the right dorsolateral prefrontal cortex: Less risk taking or more reflective? A tDCS study based on a Bayesian-updating task

IF 2.5 2区经济学 Q2 ECONOMICS

Journal of Economic Psychology Pub Date : 2023-10-28 DOI:10.1016/j.joep.2023.102680

Daqiang Huang, Yuzhen Li, Jiahui Li

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Abstract

To identify the causal role of the DLPFC in decision making, we used transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) to investigate the contribution of DLPFC to performance in an incentivized decision task where optimal decisions require Bayesian updating of beliefs. In this task, an impulsive reinforcement-based heuristic can either conflict or be aligned with Bayesian updating. Previous research showed that in case of conflict individuals rely on the faulty heuristic, hence committing many decision errors. Based on the involvement of the DLPFC in inhibitory control we hypothesized that tDCS of the DLPFC would influence individual’s use of the reinforcement heuristic in case of conflict. 364 participants (158 in the original study; 206 in the replication study) received the anodal or cathodal tDCS stimulation to the right, left DLPFC or sham. While we observed improved decision making in first-draw decisions following anodal stimulation to the right DLPFC, our study did not find evidence indicating that tDCS stimulation over the DLPFC affected inhibition of reinforcement.

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经颅阳极直流电刺激右背外侧前额叶皮层:更少的风险或更多的反射?基于贝叶斯更新任务的tDCS研究

为了确定DLPFC在决策中的因果作用，我们使用经颅直流电刺激(tDCS)来研究DLPFC在激励决策任务中的贡献，其中最优决策需要贝叶斯更新信念。在此任务中，基于脉冲强化的启发式方法可能与贝叶斯更新相冲突或一致。以往的研究表明，在冲突情况下，个体依赖于错误的启发式，从而犯了许多决策错误。基于DLPFC参与抑制控制，我们假设在冲突情况下，DLPFC的tDCS会影响个体对强化启发式的使用。364名参与者(原始研究中的158名;206例(在重复研究中)接受右、左DLPFC或假手术的阳极或阴极tDCS刺激。虽然我们观察到在对右侧DLPFC进行阳极刺激后，首画决定的决策能力得到改善，但我们的研究没有发现证据表明tDCS对DLPFC的刺激会影响对强化的抑制。

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Journal of Economic Psychology Multiple-

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5.20

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