AUTHOR=Lim Stephen Wee Hun , Yuen Alexander Y. L. , Tong Eddie M. W. 

TITLE=Global-local visual processing impacts risk taking behaviors, but only at first

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Psychology

VOLUME=6

YEAR=2015

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01257

DOI=10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01257

ISSN=1664-1078

ABSTRACT=<p>We investigated the impact of early visual processing on decision-making during unpredictable, risky situations. Participants undertook <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B16">Navon’s (1977)</xref> task and attended to either global letters or local letters only, following which they completed the Balloon Analogue Risk Task (BART). It was observed that global-focused individuals made more balloon pumps during the BART (i.e., took more risk), whereas local-focused individuals took less risk, albeit only initially. The theory of predictive and reactive control systems (PARCS) provides an excellent account of the data. Implications and future directions are discussed.</p>