Psychological Science ›› 2014, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (5): 1271-1278.

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The Development and Prospect of Researches on Influencing Factors and Mechanism of Game Decision-Making

  

  • Received:2013-03-19 Revised:2014-07-22 Online:2014-09-20 Published:2014-09-20
  • Contact: Hua-yan HUANGFU

博弈决策影响因素及内在机制研究现状与展望

陈璟1,姜金栋2,皇甫桦彦3,4,李红5   

  1. 1. 四川师范大学
    2. 成都师范学院
    3. 成都医学院
    4. 四川应用心理学研究中心
    5. 辽宁师范大学
  • 通讯作者: 皇甫桦彦

Abstract: Game decision-making is the behavioral decision-making in the Game context which includes the interdependence interests of two or more participants. In recent years, game decision-making gradually entered into the field of psychology, and attracted more and more attention, has now become a hot topic in decision-making psychology research field. This paper gave a brief review about the influence factors of game decision-making and achievements in studies about neurophysiological mechanism related to game decision-making. Based on the reviews, some suggestions on further research orientation were given.   Recently, there are fruitful research results in influencing factors of game decision-making research field. There are many main influencing factors, including age, gender, culture, population size and structure, kinship-proximity-friendship, emotion, justice and equality, reciprocity and trust, personality and value orientation, perspective-taking and probabilistic reasoning, the Territorial Prior-Residence Effect and the Right Cognition Effect. Especially, the scope of the study on emotional influencing factors has extended from specific emotion to emotional expression and emotion management. Focusing on the impact of emotional expression on game decision-making symbolizes a breakthrough in the study of game decision-making in the overseas. For this reason, the interpretation of interpersonal process in dynamic game get further deepen and detail. This research field acquired some important conclusions, such as expressing negative emotions was equivalent to doing the rejection during game decision making. Based on above results, Van Kleef and his colleagues developed a model named Emotion as Social Information Model. They use this model to illustrate people how to process the other’s emotion expression, and explain the interpersonal effect of emotion how to impact on people’s game decision-making. In addition, Right Cognition Effect, which was discovered in bargain game, provides a good explanation for people’s non-rational decision in bargain game.   The researches of game decision-making neurophysiological mechanism originates from the research field of Neuroeconomics. The rapid development of researches of game decision-making neurophysiological mechanism not only has provided more objective and reliable data, but also has linked all sorts of theoretical hypotheses to specific brain mechanisms and externally- observable behaviors. It provides a new pathway for research of game decision-making. The neural mechanism researches of game decision-making mainly adopt advanced techniques of brain electrical activity and brain imaging, including fMRI, PET, ERPs and EEG. On one hand, the neural basis evidences of irrational decision-making and social preferences in individual decision making were also found. On the other hand, the neural basis evidences of relationship between game decision-making and related cognition abilities were found. In addition, game decision-making researchers have found the neural basis evidences about the mechanisms of affecting factors. While researchers exploring the related brain areas of game decision-making, the impact of hormones on game decision-making has also caused concern for biochemical mechanisms of game decision-making. Based on the combing and thinking on the existing research results, suggestions for further research orientations of game decision research field were given as follows. First of all, to strengthen the researches on internal mechanism of game decision, and to construct a comprehensive theoretical model. Secondly, to improve research paradigms of game decision, and strengthen the investigation of a variety of paradigms. Thirdly, to strengthen the function mechanism research of related cognition abilities. Fourthly, to strengthen the function mechanism investigation of related emotion abilities. Fifthly, to strengthen the cross-culture and interculture comparison researches about the impacts of language and other influencing factors on game decision-making. The last, to develop the applied and training researches. Because the applied research and training research are sorely lacking in game decision-making research field, although some studies showed that even the young children already had the physical and mental foundation for accepting the game decision cognition abilities training and game strategies education.

Key words: game decision-making, influencing factor, neurophysiological mechanism

摘要: 博弈决策是指“在包含利益相互依存的两个或多个参与者的博弈情境中所进行的行为决策”。博弈决策自进入心理学研究后已成为决策心理研究领域的热点。本文述评了博弈决策的影响因素及神经生理机制的研究现状;对未来研究方向进行了展望,包括加强内在机制研究与综合理论模型建构、改进和完善研究范式与加强对多种范式的考察、加强相关认知及情绪能力的作用机制研究、加强对语言等影响因素的跨文化与文化间比较、加强应用与训练研究。

关键词: 博弈决策, 影响因素, 神经生理机制