Gray matter matters when measuring risk tolerance: May explain why risk tolerance decreases with age

Saturday, September 13, 2014 - 03:31 in Psychology & Sociology

The gray matter volume of a region in the right posterior parietal cortex is significantly predictive of individual risk attitudes, new research has found. Using a whole-brain analysis, scientists found that the grey matter volume of a region in the right posterior parietal cortex was significantly predictive of individual risk attitudes. Men and women with higher grey matter volume in this region exhibited less risk aversion.

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