ArticleBrain sciences2019
Behavioral and Electrophysiological Arguments in Favor of a Relationship between Impulsivity, Risk-Taking, and Success on the Iowa Gambling Task.
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- The Iowa Gambling Task: Men and Women Perform Differently. A Meta-analysis.Neuropsychology review · 2025Pooled it
- Religiosity, Financial Risk Taking, and Reward Processing: An Experimental Study.Journal of gambling studies · 2025Article
- Enhancing cognitive control of our decisions: Making the most of humor during the IGT in females and males.Cognitive, affective & behavioral neuroscience · 2024Article
- Tools for the Assessment of Risk-Taking Behavior in Older Adults with Mild Dementia: A Cross-Sectional Clinical Study.Brain sciences · 2023Article
- Brain mechanisms underlying the influence of emotions on spatial decision-making: An EEG study.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2022Article
- Neural Activation in Risky Decision-Making Tasks in Healthy Older Adults: A Meta-Analysis of fMRI Data.Brain sciences · 2021Review
- Electrophysiological Measurement of Emotion and Somatic State Affecting Ambiguity Decision: Evidences From SCRs, ERPs, and HR.Frontiers in psychology · 2020Review
- Behavioral and Neural Arguments of Motivational Influence on Decision Making During Uncertainty.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2020Article
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Abstract
The aim of the present study was to investigate the relationship between trait impulsivity, risk-taking, and decision-making performance. We recruited 20 healthy participants who performed the Iowa Gambling Task (IGT) and the Balloon Analog Risk Task (BART) to measure decision-making and risk-taking. The impulsivity was measured by the Barratt Impulsiveness Scale. Resting-state neural activity was recorded to explore whether brain oscillatory rhythms provide important information about the dispositional trait of impulsivity. We found a significant correlation between the ability to develop a successful strategy and the propensity to take more risks in the first trials of the BART. Risk-taking was negatively correlated with cognitive impulsivity in participants who were unable to develop a successful strategy. Neither risk-taking nor decision-making was correlated with cortical asymmetry. In a more exploratory approach, the group was sub-divided in function of participants' performances at the IGT. We found that the group who developed a successful strategy at the IGT was more prone to risk, whereas the group who failed showed a greater cognitive impulsivity. These results emphasize the need for individuals to explore their environment to develop a successful strategy in uncertain situations, which may not be possible without taking risks.
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