Mental imagery as a decision-making mode: the comparison of recreational and financial domains

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dc.abstract.enThis paper explores mental imagery as a decision-making mode across recreational and financial domains. We test the idea that, similar to established decision-making modes – calculation, affect, and recognition – mental imagery can serve as an informative cognitive tool but is better suited to recreational (more experiential) than financial (more abstract) contexts. Two preregistered experiments were conducted. Study 1 assessed participants’ spontaneous associations when considering their involvement in risky activities, predicting higher imagery usage in the recreational domain. Results confirmed that participants reported more mental imagery for recreational risky activities and more analytical thinking for financial ones. Study 2 further investigated the role of imagery-based decisions within the two domains, again in the context of declared risk taking. Participants generated more vivid mental images for recreational activities, and the valence of these images was a stronger predictor of risk-taking willingness in the recreational domain (compared to the financial domain).
dc.affiliationWydział Psychologii we Wrocławiu
dc.affiliationCentrum Badań nad Zachowaniami Ekonomicznymi
dc.contributor.authorZaleśkiewicz, Tomasz
dc.contributor.authorŚmieja, Joanna
dc.contributor.authorSeweryn, Milosz
dc.date.access2025-07-29
dc.date.accessioned2025-08-11T11:07:50Z
dc.date.available2025-08-11T11:07:50Z
dc.date.created2025-07-11
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dc.description.grantnumber2019/33/B/HS6/01920
dc.description.granttitleWyobrażenia umysłowe i emocje a decyzje w warunkach ryzyka i niepewności. Wizualizowanie przyszłości jako narzędzie w podejmowaniu decyzji.
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dc.identifier.doi10.1080/20445911.2025.2535355
dc.identifier.eissn2044-592X
dc.identifier.issn2044-5911
dc.identifier.urihttps://share.swps.edu.pl/handle/swps/1646
dc.identifier.weblinkhttps://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/20445911.2025.2535355?src=
dc.languageen
dc.pbn.affiliationpsychologia
dc.rightsCC-BY
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dc.subject.enMental imagery
dc.subject.endecisionmaking
dc.subject.endecision-makingmode
dc.subject.enwillingness to takerisks
dc.subject.envividnesss
dc.swps.sciencecloudnosend
dc.titleMental imagery as a decision-making mode: the comparison of recreational and financial domains
dc.title.journalJournal of Cognitive Psychology
dc.typeJournalArticle
dspace.entity.typeArticle