AUTHOR=Breaban Adriana , van de Kuilen Gijs , Noussair Charles N. 

TITLE=Prudence, Emotional State, Personality, and Cognitive Ability

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Psychology

VOLUME=7

YEAR=2016

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01688

DOI=10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01688

ISSN=1664-1078

ABSTRACT=<p>We report an experiment to consider the emotional correlates of prudent decision making. In the experiment, we present subjects with lotteries and measure their emotional response with facial recognition software. They then make binary choices between risky lotteries that distinguish prudent from imprudent individuals. They also perform tasks to measure their cognitive ability and a number of personality characteristics. We find that a more negative emotional state correlates with greater prudence. Higher cognitive ability and less conscientiousness is also associated with greater prudence.</p>