Researchers find risk-taking behavior rises until age 50

Thursday, November 10, 2011 - 13:01 in Psychology & Sociology

Willing to risk your knowledge, skills and monetary reward in competition? If you are under age 50, you've probably not reached your competitive peak. If you are older, that peak is behind you. That people are willing to engage in risk at 50 surprised University of Oregon economists and psychologists who explored such behavior in their research.

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