A scarcity mindset alters neural mechanisms underlying goal-directed decision making, captured via fMRI in the orbitofrontal cortex.

Evidence

A scarcity mindset alters neural processing underlying consumer decision making (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)

corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim
XREF: connects to: Personal financial decisions reflect deeper emotional struggles. — Hamlin Garland Munseys, A Daughter of the Middle Border, 611; Mental budgeting influences financial behaviors and financial stability, with self-control moderating these relationships. — The Interplay of Mental Budgeting, Self-Control, and Financial Behavior: Implications for Individual Financial Well-Being; Money habits and beliefs are neural pathways wired by trauma and attachment styles. — Money, Trauma & Your Worth: Why Your Relationship (+5 more)

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