Accumulating neurobiological and psychological evidence, including work on the somatic marker hypothesis, supports the view that emotional signals and affective processes play a critical role in guiding human decision-making.
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Bittersweet memories and somatic marker hypothesis: adaptive control in emotional recall facilitates long-term decision-making in the Iowa Gambling Task
2024 · cited by 4
Paper 0 demonstrates that affect control and emotional recall facilitate adaptive long-term decision-making in the Iowa Gambling Task.
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Unlocking new insights into the somatic marker hypothesis with multilevel logistic models.
2025 · cited by 1
Paper 1 supports the somatic marker hypothesis, affirming that emotional somatic markers influence decision-making processes.
Emotion, Motivation, Reasoning, and How Their Brain Systems Are Related.
2025 · cited by 1
Paper 2 shows that emotional and motivational states are intertwined with the brain systems responsible for learning and executing goal-directed actions.
RISK-TAKING AND DECISION-MAKING UNDER UNCERTAINTY IN THE COVID-19 VACCINE. DOES THE SOMATIC MARKER HYPOTHESIS EXPLAIN VACCINE HESITANCY?
2023 · cited by 1
Paper 9 finds that individuals who make riskier choices in decision-making tasks exhibit patterns linked to implicit and emotional processes, supporting the role of somatic markers in risk assessment.
Cognitive Feelings from Healthy Experience to Psychopathology: An Integrative Review Across Phenomenology, Psychology, Neuroscience, and Computation
2026 · cited by 0
Paper 10 highlights that cognitive feelings and subjective affective states are integral components that play crucial roles in perception, memory, and decision-making.
Biomimetic Synthetic Somatic Markers in the Pixelverse: A Bio-Inspired Framework for Intuitive Artificial Intelligence.
2026 · cited by 0
Paper 11 demonstrates computationally that bio-inspired synthetic somatic markers provide an effective evaluative mechanism to bias decision-making under uncertainty.