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Prospect theory and body mass: characterizing psychological parameters for weight-related risk attitudes and weight-gain aversion

We developed a novel decision-making paradigm that allows us to apply prospect theory in behavioral economics to body mass. 67 healthy young adults completed self-report measures and two decision-making tasks for weight-loss, as well as for monetary rewards. We estimated risk-related preference and...

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Autores principales: Lim, Seung-Lark, Bruce, Amanda S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4371555/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25852628
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00330