ArticleDevelopmental neuropsychology2018
The Role of Executive Function in Adolescent Adaptive Risk-Taking on the Balloon Analogue Risk Task.
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- Reduced social risk-taking in depression.Journal of psychopathology and clinical science · 2023Article
- Risky decision-making strategies mediate the relationship between amygdala activity and real-world financial savings among individuals from lower income households: A pilot study.Behavioural brain research · 2022Article
- Neural signatures of heterogeneity in risk-taking and strategic consistency.The European journal of neuroscience · 2021Article
- Predictors of Positive and Negative Risk-Taking in Adolescents and Young Adults: Similarities and Differences.Europe's journal of psychology · 2021Article
- Neural processes in antecedent anxiety modulate risk-taking behavior.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- Why Do We Take Risks? Perception of the Situation and Risk Proneness Predict Domain-Specific Risk Taking.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
- Risk-Taking Patterns of Children, Associated Cognitive Weaknesses, and Prevention of Negative Outcomes.Psychiatric research and clinical practice · 2020Article
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The present study examined the role of executive control functions (ECF) in adaptive risk-taking during adolescence. Healthy individuals aged 8-25 were administered ECF measures and the Balloon Analogue Risk Task (BART), a computerized measure of risk-taking propensity. Findings demonstrated that adolescents who executed a more consistent response strategy evidenced better performance on the BART. Greater working memory (WM) predicted lower response variability and WM capacity mediated the relationship between age and variability. Results suggest that intra-individual response variability may index adaptive risk-taking and that the development of ECF, specifically WM, may play an integral role in adaptive decision making during adolescence and young adulthood.
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