Consistent with this view, we have previously argued that DS is implicated in decision making, promoting more distributed attention and integration of variable influences on responding.
The methodology contemplates multiple rounds (usually two) when incorporating the preferences of the actors implicated in decision making and takes advantage of the creative capacity of human beings when solving complex problems.
This is consistent with fMRI data in drug dependent vs. healthy control populations that revealed BOLD differences in brain regions implicated in decision making, including limbic structures, insular cortex, and prefrontal and frontal cortex [62].
DLPFC seems particularly implicated in decision making which is emotionally biased, while more ventral regions modulate (and may inhibit) emotional response.
Moreover, the far greater development of the cortical regions implicated in decision-making in primates may make the behaviour less dependent on phylogenetically older, subcortical regions, imposing cortical-driven greater 'rationality' here manifest as risk sensitivity on less sophisticated, impulsive tendencies.
"Drug use can impair the functioning of brain regions implicated in decision-making, hence asking an addict to "make a good" can be futile, just like asking someone with depression to "cheer up" can be futile," says Professor Andrew Lawrence, Head of Behavioural Neuroscience at the Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health.
Serotonin has long been implicated in decision-making processes.
The second topic, evidence-based health policymaking, has been implicated in decision-making in health care.
The posterior parietal cortex (pPAR) is also implicated in decision-making (for reviews, see Krain et al. 2006; Platt and Huettel 2008; Kable and Glimcher 2009).
Significant differences of hysterectomy rates for uterine fibroids between countries [ 7] and among ethnic groups [ 8] have been reported in numerous studies, raising questions of overused or underused medical care from medical profession [ 7, 9, 10] and from the lay public [ 11], implicating high subjectivity in decision making.
Mechanistically, ghrelin-receptors are expressed in neurons in hypothalamus, ventral tegmental area, and substantia nigra, which project to dopaminoceptive regions implicated in economic decision making under risk in humans [33].
