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ProfessorMaurizioZollo

Business School

Professor of Strategy and Sustainability
 
 
 
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276Business School BuildingSouth Kensington Campus

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Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@article{Laureiro-Martinez:2014:10.3389/fnhum.2013.00927,
author = {Laureiro-Martinez, D and Canessa, N and Brusoni, S and Zollo, M and Hare, T and Alemanno, F and Cappa, SF},
doi = {10.3389/fnhum.2013.00927},
journal = {Frontiers in Human Neuroscience},
pages = {1--10},
title = {Frontopolar cortex and decision-making efficiency: comparing brain activity of experts with different professional background during an exploration-exploitation task},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2013.00927},
volume = {7},
year = {2014}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - An optimal balance between efficient exploitation of available resources and creative exploration of alternatives is critical for adaptation and survival. Previous studies associated these behavioral drives with, respectively, the dopaminergic mesocorticolimbic system and frontopolar-intraparietal networks. We study the activation of these systems in two age and gender-matched groups of experienced decision-makers differing in prior professional background, with the aim to understand the neural bases of individual differences in decision-making efficiency (performance divided by response time). We compare brain activity of entrepreneurs (who currently manage the organization they founded based on their venture idea) and managers (who are constantly involved in making strategic decisions but have no venture experience) engaged in a gambling-task assessing exploitative vs. explorative decision-making. Compared with managers, entrepreneurs showed higher decision-making efficiency, and a stronger activation in regions of frontopolar cortex (FPC) previously associated with explorative choice. Moreover, activity across a network of regions previously linked to explore/exploit tradeoffs explained individual differences in choice efficiency. These results suggest new avenues for the study of individual differences in the neural antecedents of efficient decision-making.
AU  - Laureiro-Martinez,D
AU  - Canessa,N
AU  - Brusoni,S
AU  - Zollo,M
AU  - Hare,T
AU  - Alemanno,F
AU  - Cappa,SF
DO  - 10.3389/fnhum.2013.00927
EP  - 10
PY  - 2014///
SN  - 1662-5161
SP  - 1
TI  - Frontopolar cortex and decision-making efficiency: comparing brain activity of experts with different professional background during an exploration-exploitation task
T2  - Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2013.00927
UR  - http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000330570200001&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=1ba7043ffcc86c417c072aa74d649202
UR  - https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnhum.2013.00927/full
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/74656
VL  - 7
ER  -
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