Gambling monkeys are helping scientists find a risk-taking brain area
“They’re going for the big win every single time,” even when safe bets would have won them more juice overall.
When a monkey won big, brain cells in this area got really active. They take big risks just to keep the game interesting.
Scientists at Johns Hopkins have identified a brain region in monkeys that influences their desire to take big risks. When this area is inactivated, the monkeys tend to hedge their bets.
ARE HUMANS ON WALL STREET ANY DIFFERENT THAN HOT BRAIN MONKEYS?
Experiments with two gambling monkeys have revealed a small area in the brain that plays a big role in risky decisions. When researchers inactivated this region in the prefrontal cortex that’s involved in eye movements, the rhesus monkeys became less inclined to choose a long shot over a sure thing.
WE’VE LEARNED THAT NOTHING CHANGED
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WALL STREET BANKS ARE THE 800 POUND GORILLA THAT WANTS TO EAT HUMANS.
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