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selection pressure on the decision-making process in conflict

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 September 2005

toshiya matsushima
toshiya matsushima
Affiliation:
graduate school of bioagricultural sciences, nagoya university, furo-cho nagoya, japan 464-8601 matusima@agr.nagoya-u.ac.jp http://www.agr.nagoya-u.ac.jp/~hikaku/lab_of_matsusima/matusima-eng.html
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Abstract

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it is argued in the target article that hemispheric lateralization is advantageous when faced with conflicting choices. as decision-making processes must have been subject to a strong selection pressure, the sensitivity of response latencies could suggest a modular and hierarchical organization of behavioral execution, as was formulated by tinbergen (1951).

Type
open peer commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 28 , Issue 4 , August 2005 , pp. 604 - 605
Copyright
2005 cambridge university press