2D:4D ratio is a proxy of the body and in the current study, it was used to represent the expected affective responses. It is suggested that affective responses be measured directly. Instead of asking
37 participants to rate the affective associations, let the participants imagine the situation and report the valence. The feeling can be measured by electronic equipment and various physiological metrics.
Participants in this study live in different sections of the city. If possible, temporary accommodation could be provided in order to find out how people act differently under the same environment. Or, recruit participants from the same neighbourhood.
Conclusion
This is the possibly the first study that attempted to combine the somatic response, affect, risk perception and perceived reward in one model to predict risk taking behaviour. Traditionally, psychologist attempted to compare all the factors in a linear scale –balancing between feelings and cost and benefits. Maybe it is time we should start searching for the means to measure the non-verbal feelings which we believe to be playing a significant role in human judgements and decision making.
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