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Poster Session A: Tuesday, August 12, 1:30 – 4:30 pm, de Brug & E‑Hall

Confidence in approach-avoidance conflict

Oleg Solopchuk¹, Leonard Asan, Jan Gläscher², Christian Büchel, Peter Dayan³; ¹Universität Klinikum Eppendorf // University Hospital Eppendorf, ²University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, ³Max-Planck Institute

Presenter: Oleg Solopchuk

Choices that balance several attributes involve mixed feelings. However, how this ambivalence is reflected in confidence judgments is unclear. We tested how people judge separate confidence dimensions corresponding to different choice attributes in the face of a conflict between approach and avoidance. We found confidence judgments to be partially dissociated, with the information about aversive consequences leaking into the confidence of the appetitive dimension of a choice. We also found that confidence decreases the perception of pain and increases momentary happiness, suggesting the need to refine accounts of affective judgments.

Topic Area: Reward, Value & Social Decision Making

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