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ArticleBrain and behavior2025

Risk-Taking Facilitates Implicit Learning in Young Adults.

Amanda Cremone-Caira, Melissa A St Hilaire

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2 authors.

Amanda Cremone-CairaDepartment of Psychology, Merrimack College, North Andover, Massachusetts, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5293-6260
Melissa A St HilaireDepartment of Computer and Data Sciences, Merrimack College, North Andover, Massachusetts, USA.

Funding

UCSD Leading the Advancement of Underrepresented Neuroscientists for Change (LAUNCH) Faculty Development ProgramR25NS117367 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI Victoria B Risbrough, Joann Trejo · 2020 to 2026
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NINDS NIH HHS R25 NS117367
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionRisk-taking is associated with dynamic outcomes, including psychopathology and types of learning related to adaptive behaviors. The goal of the current study was to (1) evaluate risk-related learning in a sample of neurotypical young adults and (2) determine how risk-taking related to motivation and emotional processing (as measured by BIS/BAS Scales).

methodsFifty-eight young adults (M

resultsGeneralized linear mixed models indicate that participants learned to make more advantageous decisions as they engaged in risk-taking behaviors during the BELT. Risk-taking outcomes were positively correlated with self-report of participant's persistent pursuit of goals as measured by the BAS Drive Scale, although these findings were no longer significant after correcting for multiple comparisons.

conclusionsTogether, these results suggest that, in some contexts, risk-taking may support learning and goal-directed behaviors in young adults. These findings have notable implications in improving educational and professional outcomes.

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LearningRisk-TakingAdolescentAdultDecision MakingEmotionsFemaleHumansMaleMotivationYoung Adultcognitionexecutive functionimplicit learningreward processingrisk‐taking

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PMID40079607
PMCPMC11904935

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