Interoception Drives Increased Rational Decision-Making in Meditators Playing the Ultimatum Game
Frontiers in Neuroscience 2011 Ulrich Kirk, Jonathan Downar, P. Read Montague 167 citations
Human decision-making is often conceptualized as a competition between cognitive and emotional processes in the brain. Deviations from rational processes are believed to derive from inclusion of emotional factors in decision-making. Here, we investigate whether experienced Buddhist meditators are better equipped to regulate emotional processes compared with controls during economic...