Role of Impulsivity in the automation of Complex Decision Making

CELESTINO BATTAGLIERO, ESPERANZA EMILIA; TOMAS ALVES SALGUEIRO; PABLO NICOLÁS FERNÁNDEZ LARROSA

Congreso; SAN2024 XXXIX Anual Meeting; 2024

Decision making (D) refers to the process of selecting an option from a set of available alternatives. Most decisions are automatic and of low cognitive demand, others such as Complex Decisions (economic, moral or political) require a higher cognitive level and deliberative processes. However, they can be subject to modulations that favor more automatic processes (system 1) or deliberative processes (system 2), according to Dual Process Theories 1. We previously observed that they can be susceptible to different priming but task instruction can discourage their effect 2,3.The reinforcement sensitivity theory proposes that motivation and emotion are central to personality, mediating the relationships between stimuli and behavioral responses 4. The present work aims to evaluate whether impulsivity can mediate the preference for automatic cognitive processes (system 1), even under conditions that previously favored system 2 processes. To do so, a self-report impulsivity questionnaire (BIS-11) will be used, composed of three dimensions (cognitive, motor, lack of planning). With it, subjects with extreme scores on the impulsivity scale (first and fourth quartile) will be selected, who will carry out the complex decision-making experiment to evaluate priming susceptibility 2