Big-time Financial Risk Taking: Blame It On Their Genes?

Wednesday, February 11, 2009 - 13:14 in Health & Medicine

A new study provides provocative insights that relate to the question of the day: "How in the world did so many financial titans take such huge risks with out nation's well being?" The new research pinpoints the roles specific variants of the serotonin transporter gene and the dopamine receptor gene play in predicting whether people are more or less likely to take financial risks.

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