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Erscheinungsjahr: 
2011
Schriftenreihe/Nr.: 
SFB 649 Discussion Paper No. 2011-085
Verlag: 
Humboldt University of Berlin, Collaborative Research Center 649 - Economic Risk, Berlin
Zusammenfassung: 
Decision making usually involves uncertainty and risk. Understanding which parts of the human brain are activated during decisions under risk and which neural processes underly (risky) investment decisions are important goals in neuroeconomics. Here, we reanalyze functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) data on 17 subjects which were exposed to an investment decision task from Mohr et al. (2010b). We obtain a time series of three-dimensional images of the blood-oxygen-level dependent (BOLD) fMRI signals. Our goal is to capture the dynamic behavior of specific brain regions of all subjects in this high-dimensional time series data, by a flexible factor approach resulting in a low dimensional representation. We apply a panel version of the dynamic semiparametric factor model (DSFM) presented in Park et al. (2009) and identify task-related activations in space and dynamics in time. Further, we classify the risk attitudes of all subjects based on the estimated lowdimensional time series. Our classification analysis successfully confirms the estimated risk attitudes derived directly from subjects' decision behavior. Keywords: risk, risk attitude, fMRI, decision making, medial orbifrontal cortex, semiparametric model, factor structure, SVMDecision making usually involves uncertainty and risk. Understanding which parts of the human brain are activated during decisions under risk and which neural processes underly (risky) investment decisions are important goals in neuroeconomics. Here, we reanalyze functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) data on 17 subjects which were exposed to an investment decision task from Mohr et al. (2010b). We obtain a time series of three-dimensional images of the blood-oxygen-level dependent (BOLD) fMRI signals. Our goal is to capture the dynamic behavior of specific brain regions of all subjects in this high-dimensional time series data, by a exible factor approach resulting in a low dimensional representation. We apply a panel version of the dynamic semiparametric factor model (DSFM) presented in Park et al. (2009) and identify task-related activations in space and dynamics in time. Further, we classify the risk attitudes of all subjects based on the estimated lowdimensional time series. Our classification analysis successfully confirms the estimated risk attitudes derived directly from subjects' decision behavior.
Schlagwörter: 
risk
risk attitude
fMRI
decision making
medial orbifrontal cortex
semiparametric model
factor structure
SVM
JEL: 
D8
C14
C3
Dokumentart: 
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