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Risk Taking: It is a matter of biology.

Are you a risk taker? Or, are you a risk averter? According to a recent article in the New York Times (Rats That Tend to Gamble Help Reveal Science of Risk by Pam Belluck, March 24, 2016 at page A21), the answer lies in a specific type of neuron or [Read More]

By Phyllis Pollack|May 20th, 2016|Research|

The $475,000 Guess

On Sunday night (August 23, 2009), ABC TV aired the last prime time episode of “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire.” One of the contestants learned (and taught the rest of us) a valuable lesson in risk taking vs. risk aversion. Ken Basin, a 24 year old Harvard (magna cum [Read More]