PMC:2948450 / 15183-17120 JSONTXT

{"target":"https://pubannotation.org/docs/sourcedb/PMC/sourceid/2948450","sourcedb":"PMC","sourceid":"2948450","source_url":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/2948450","text":"Reconciling the Conceptual Frameworks of Decision and Cognitive (Neuro)Science\nFor the dual-systems model to be replaced, simple criticisms will be insufficient – new models must be set forth in its place. Ideally, any replacement model should build upon cutting-edge findings in cognitive neuroscience about how brain systems are organized and interact. Yet, there is a conceptual disconnect between decision neuroscience and cognitive neuroscience. In decision neuroscience, concepts are typically described in terms of their behavioral consequences (e.g., temporal discounting) or decision variables (e.g., risk, ambiguity); i.e., contributions to a model of behavior. In cognitive science and cognitive neuroscience, however, functional concepts are typically described in terms of their contributions to a model of process (e.g., inhibition, working memory). Without reconciling these concepts, research in each field will continue apace.\nThe key challenge, accordingly, will be to create a functional taxonomy that maps decision behavior onto its underlying process. Because most economic models predict choices, but do not describe the choice process, they may have only an “as if” relationship to mechanisms. Each variable or operation in the model results from a host of independent computations, many of which may correspond to specific functions studied by cognitive neuroscience. To elucidate these relations will require two changes to typical decision-neuroscience methods. First, psychological studies of decision-making behavior can decompose key processes; e.g., interference observed in a dual-task paradigm can reveal that the primary decision process relies on the secondary process. Second, parallel measurement of cognitive tasks alongside decision-making tasks can strengthen functional claims, especially when an individual-difference variable or external manipulation exerts similar effects on multiple measures.","divisions":[{"label":"title","span":{"begin":0,"end":78}},{"label":"p","span":{"begin":79,"end":943}}],"tracks":[]}