Neuroeconomics of decision-making during COVID-19 pandemic

Shahid Bashir; Ali Mir; Nouf Altwaijri; Mohammad Uzair; Amani Khalil; Rania Albesher; Roaa Khallaf; Saad Alshahrani; Turki Abualait

doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e13252

Neuroeconomics of decision-making during COVID-19 pandemic

Heliyon. 2023 Feb;9(2):e13252. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e13252. Epub 2023 Jan 27.

Authors

Shahid Bashir¹, Ali Mir¹, Nouf Altwaijri², Mohammad Uzair³, Amani Khalil⁴, Rania Albesher⁴, Roaa Khallaf⁵, Saad Alshahrani⁶, Turki Abualait⁷

Affiliations

¹ Neuroscience Center, King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
² College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
³ Department of Biological Sciences, International Islamic University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
⁴ Department of Mental Health, Neuroscience Center, King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
⁵ Department of Neurology, Neuroscience Center, King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
⁶ Department of Research Operation and Administration, King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
⁷ College of Applied Medical Sciences, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.

Abstract

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic reveals the decision-making challenges faced by communities, governments, and international organizations, globally. Policymakers are much concerned about protecting the population from the deadly virus while lacking reliable information on the virus and its spread mechanisms and the effectiveness of possible measures and their (direct and indirect) health and socioeconomic costs. This review aims to highlight the various balanced policy decision that would combine the best obtainable scientific evidence characteristically provided by expert opinions and modeling studies. This article's main goal is to summarize the main significant progress in the understanding of neuroeconomics of decision-making and discuss the anatomy of decision making in the light of COVID-19 pandemic.

Keywords: COVID-19; Neuroeconomics; Pandemic; Policy-making; Psychology.

Publication types

Review