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ArticleThe European journal of neuroscience2021

Neural signatures of heterogeneity in risk-taking and strategic consistency.

Josh Leota, Tobias Kleinert, Alex Tran, Kyle Nash

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Article in The European journal of neuroscience, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Josh LeotaDepartment of Psychology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-7714-4630
Tobias KleinertDepartment of Psychology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-4937-3778
Alex TranInstitute for Mental Health Policy Research, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Kyle NashDepartment of Psychology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-0461-3835
University of Alberta · CACentre for Addiction and Mental Health · CA

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

People display a high degree of heterogeneity in risk-taking behaviour, but this heterogeneity remains poorly understood. Here, we use a neural trait approach to examine if task-independent, brain-based differences can help uncover the sources of heterogeneity in risky decision-making. We extend prior research in two key ways. First, we disentangled risk-taking and strategic consistency using novel measures afforded by the Balloon Analogue Risk Task. Second, we applied a personality neuroscience framework to explore why personality traits are typically only weakly related to risk-taking behaviour. We regressed participants' (N = 104) source localized resting-state electroencephalographic activity on risk-taking and strategic consistency. Results revealed that higher levels of resting-state delta-band current density (reflecting reduced cortical activation) in the left dorsal anterior cingulate cortex and the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex were associated with increased risk-taking and decreased strategic consistency, respectively. These results suggest that heterogeneity in risk-taking behaviour is associated with neural dispositions related to sensitivity to the risk of loss, whereas heterogeneity in strategic consistency is associated with neural dispositions related to strategic decision-making. Finally, extraversion, neuroticism, openness, and self-control were broadly associated with both of the identified neural traits, which in turn mediated indirect associations between personality traits and behavioural measures. These results provide an explanation for the weak direct relationships between personality traits and risk-taking behaviour, supporting a personality neuroscience framework of traits and decision-making.

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Decision MakingRisk-TakingBrainBrain MappingHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingPersonalityEEGfrequency bandsneural traitspersonality neurosciencerisk-takingstrategic consistency

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PMID34561929
PMCPMC9292925
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