Economist's View: Menu Invariant Neurons and Transitivity

Interesting. Transitivity may be hard-wired: Neurons in the frontal lobe may be responsible for rational decision-making, EurekAlert: You study the menu at a restaurant and decide to order the steak rather than the salmon. But when the waiter tells you about the lobster special, you decide lobster trumps steak. Without reconsidering the salmon, you place your order—all because of a trait called “t

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People make choices by assigning values to different options. If the values are menu invariant preferences will be transitive. The activity of these neurons does not vary with the menu options, suggesting that these neurons could be responsible for transitivity