Decision making under risk and under ambiguity in Parkinson's disease.
Neuropsychologia
; 47(8-9): 1901-8, 2009 Jul.
Article
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-19428422
ABSTRACT
In the present study we investigate decision making under ambiguity and decision making under risk in Parkinson's disease (PD) patients without cognitive impairment and in patients affected by Parkinson's disease dementia (PDD). In decisions under ambiguity, participants are not aware of the rules for gains and losses and have to learn about the utility of their selections through feedback. The two patient groups showed significant deficits and did not differ in the frequency of advantageous choices, though they had a markedly different cognitive profile. In decisions under risk, explicit information on the options' probabilities as well as on the associated gains and losses is given. PD patients and healthy controls performed at the same level, whereas PDD patients made significantly more risky and disadvantageous decisions. Results of the study suggest that both patient groups are impaired in decision making when learning by feedback and emotional processing is required, while only the PDD group shows difficulties when decision making is based on cognitive reasoning strategies.
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Doença de Parkinson
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Assunção de Riscos
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Tomada de Decisões
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Incerteza
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Neuropsychologia
Ano de publicação:
2009
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Áustria