In Studies Where Participants Complete a Gambling Task Where They

question 38

Multiple Choice

In studies where participants complete a gambling task where they can continually choose between low-risk and high-risk card decks, what was found among patients who have experienced ventromedial brain damage (and therefore lower arousal) ?

• A) They are equally likely to choose between low- and high-risk decks.
• B) They learn over time to choose the low-risk deck.
• C) They continually choose the high-risk deck.
• D) They choose the high-risk deck only in those instances where their arousal level actually increases.

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