Neuroscience Tools for Group Decision and Negotiation

Abstract

Neuroscience is a new and interdisciplinary field, so it is no surprise that its ideas and principles have been applied to the study of human decision processes in many different contexts. Understanding the communication and response characteristics of the brain can help to explain the heterogeneity of individual behavior and improve predictions about human interaction. Group decision and negotiation (GDN) is one area in which neuroscience may be especially helpful, as neural data can be used to improve predictions about human choices and the outcomes they produce. One goal is to understand how actors' interactions are registered directly in the brain, to identify affective factors, and thereby to explain humans' ability or inability to evaluate the actions and intentions of others. The