In Studies Where Participants Complete a Gambling Task Where They

question 48

Multiple Choice

In studies where participants complete a gambling task where they could 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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