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COTE RANGEL, Laura Patricia  y  GARCIA BECERRA, Andrea Milena. Stress as a Limiting Factor in the Decision Making Process: A Review from Gender Differences. Av. Psicol. Latinoam. [online]. 2016, vol.34, n.1, pp.19-28. ISSN 1794-4724.  https://doi.org/10.12804/apl34.1.2016.02.

In this theoretical review, several studies reported have shown the importance of studying the effects of stress levels in the population and its relation to other cognitive processes and pathologies, a processes that is the decision making process, which is positively associated with stress, so that is created a circle between stress that affect neurophysiologically the nervous system and bad decisions. Likewise, it has been found that the response in this cognitive processes and the presence of dangerous situations is manifested differently in men and women with regard to response times, making riskier decisions and bad financial decisions.

Palabras clave : stress; decision making; differences gender.

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