Can The Parietal Cortex Predict Risky Behavior?

Wednesday, September 10, 2014 - 18:50 in Psychology & Sociology

Some people avoid risk while others will roll the dice with wealth, health, and safety. Is it just personality? Media influence? Researchers led by Ifat Levy, assistant professor in comparative medicine and neurobiology at Yale School of Medicine believe that the volume of the parietal cortex in the brain can predict where people fall on the risk-taking spectrum.  read more

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