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SUBMITTER: Samanez-Larkin GR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3073388 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Samanez-Larkin Gregory R GR Wagner Anthony D AD Knutson Brian B
Social cognitive and affective neuroscience 20100525 2
When making decisions, individuals must often compensate for cognitive limitations, particularly in the face of advanced age. Recent findings suggest that age-related variability in striatal activity may increase financial risk-taking mistakes in older adults. In two studies, we sought to further characterize neural contributions to optimal financial risk taking and to determine whether decision aids could improve financial risk taking. In Study 1, neuroimaging analyses revealed that individuals ...[more]