The debate surrounding how emotion and c
ognition
are
organized in the brain often lead
s to
Damasio’s Somatic
Marker Hypothesis. This theory endorses a highly interactive
process between emotion and cognition, but has been
criticized for being too broad to capture the specific links
between the t
wo. It also implies that emotion operates from a
neural architecture that is dissociable from cognition.
Although empirical findings from the Iowa Gambling Task
lend support for the theory, this can promote a false
dichotomy between emotion and cognition. Issues will be
raised regarding
the
view
that the theory and the task are ill
-
formulated to account for the phases of decision making.
Further theoretical work may be required to align the task
with Damasio’s view of emotion as integrated with cognition.