About this Research Topic
Abnormal decision-making is a core feature in most neuropsychiatric disorders from depression to brain lesions. The complexity of underlying decision-making mechanisms means that deficits in decision-making could present in several ways. Some disorders such as depression might influence the whole aspect of making decisions while some like early-onset Alzheimer's might not change the pattern of decision making dramatically.
Several efforts from qualitative assessments to computational studies have been made to explain these different underlying mechanisms using unified theories.
The basis of deficits in decision-making in neuropsychiatric disorders could be better understood using multidisciplinary approaches. Understanding the underlying mechanisms of deficits in decision-making and whether different disorders are associated or not, could be interesting to discover. It is also warranted how different kinds of decision-making change over time relative to each other in a variety of neuropsychiatric disorders.
Original articles and systematic reviews or meta-analyses are accepted for this special research topic. The themes that manuscripts can address are:
• Decision making in major neurocognitive disorders, like different types of brain lesions such as brain tumors, stroke, traumatic brain injury
• Decision making in neurodevelopmental disorders
• Social decision making in neuropsychiatric disorders
• Risky decision making in neuropsychiatric disorders
• Moral decision making in neuropsychiatric disorder
Several efforts from qualitative assessments to computational studies have been made to explain these different underlying mechanisms using unified theories.
The basis of deficits in decision-making in neuropsychiatric disorders could be better understood using multidisciplinary approaches. Understanding the underlying mechanisms of deficits in decision-making and whether different disorders are associated or not, could be interesting to discover. It is also warranted how different kinds of decision-making change over time relative to each other in a variety of neuropsychiatric disorders.
Original articles and systematic reviews or meta-analyses are accepted for this special research topic. The themes that manuscripts can address are:
• Decision making in major neurocognitive disorders, like different types of brain lesions such as brain tumors, stroke, traumatic brain injury
• Decision making in neurodevelopmental disorders
• Social decision making in neuropsychiatric disorders
• Risky decision making in neuropsychiatric disorders
• Moral decision making in neuropsychiatric disorder
Keywords: Decision, neuropsychiatric disorders, moral decision making, risky decision making, social decision making
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