Gamblers are greedy bird-brains, research finds
Gamblers show the same tendencies as pigeons when they make risky decisions, new research has shown.
Aug 27, 2014
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Gamblers show the same tendencies as pigeons when they make risky decisions, new research has shown.
Aug 27, 2014
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Researchers from the Universities of Manchester and Liverpool has shown that circuits in the brain involved in pursuing and relishing rewarding experiences are more strongly activated in people with bipolar disorder - guiding ...
Jul 8, 2014
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Methamphetamine users showed less sensitivity to risk and reward in one region of the brain and greater sensitivity in other brain regions compared with non-users when performing an exercise involving risky decision making.
May 21, 2014
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U.S. intelligence agents – like the embattled Edward Snowden – are more prone to irrational inconsistencies in decision making when compared to college students and post-college adults. That's according a new Cornell ...
Jul 9, 2013
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A recent study by a team of researchers at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas found that risky sexual behavior can be predicted by cultural, socioeconomic and individual mores in conjunction with how one views themselves.
May 16, 2013
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(Medical Xpress)—Researchers say how much risk you're willing to take in your investments may be linked to genetics. The results may help investors understand how emotions affect their choices.
Mar 5, 2013
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(Medical Xpress)—A new study by Yale School of Medicine researchers and their colleagues finds that adolescents commonly take more risks than younger children and adults because they are more willing to accept risks when ...
Oct 12, 2012
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Creating the next generation of football stars may be down to understanding the teenage brain, according to new research from the University of Bristol. The study, published in the FA [Football Association] journal The Boot ...
Oct 9, 2012
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Rwandan children who lived through the horrors of the 1994 genocide may suffer from psychological trauma that makes them more vulnerable to health problems, such as HIV infection. But a medical school study shows that with ...
Aug 8, 2011
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Research by marketing professor shows risk taking depends on whether participants recalled past episode of good or bad luck and whether they washed their hands.
Jul 20, 2011
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