Follow the Leader: What Sets Leaders Apart?
A new study reveals the cognitive and neurobiological processes that influence whether a person is likely to be a leader or follower. ... Read More...
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High Stakes, High Risk, and a Bad Bet: Inside the Brains of Gambling Addicts
A new neuroimaging study finds those with gambling addition have a poor ability to assess and adapt to high risk situations.... Read More...
Brain Structure Best Explains Our Dwindling Tolerance of Risk
A new study links risk aversion to changes in gray matter volume in the right posterior parietal cortex.... Read More...
Food or Flight? Molecular Mechanics of Risk-Reward Equation Described
A new study provides insight into the neural circuit computations that underlie risk-reward decision making.... Read More...
Fish Lose Their Unique Personalities When They Go To ‘School’
Despite having individual personalities, researchers report that differences get suppressed when fish are in a group.... Read More...
Brain Circuit for Risk Preferences in Rats Pinpointed
Researchers report DR2 neurons in the nucleus accumbens of rats may control risk taking behaviors.... Read More...
Why the Promise of Reward Outweighs Risk for the Teenage Brain
Dopamine neurons are activated less than in adults brains when teens are faced with the prospect of a reward, a new study reports.... Read More...
Financial Boom and Bust Drivers, All in the Mind?
Biological mechanisms in the brains of traders lead them to predict how others will behave, resulting in stock marketing bubbles crashing; a new study suggests. ... Read More...