Variability in nucleus accumbens activity mediates age-related suboptimal financial risk taking.
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Samanez-Larkin, GR; Kuhnen, CM; Yoo, DJ; Knutson, B
Published in: The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience
January 2010
As human life expectancy continues to rise, financial decisions of aging investors may have an increasing impact on the global economy. In this study, we examined age differences in financial decisions across the adult life span by combining functional neuroimaging with a dynamic financial investment task. During the task, older adults made more suboptimal choices than younger adults when choosing risky assets. This age-related effect was mediated by a neural measure of temporal variability in nucleus accumbens activity. These findings reveal a novel neural mechanism by which aging may disrupt rational financial choice.
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The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience
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1529-2401
ISSN
0270-6474
Publication Date
January 2010
Volume
30
Issue
4
Start / End Page
1426 / 1434
Related Subject Headings
- Young Adult
- Risk-Taking
- Reward
- Prefrontal Cortex
- Nucleus Accumbens
- Neuropsychological Tests
- Neurology & Neurosurgery
- Neural Pathways
- Middle Aged
- Male
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Samanez-Larkin, G. R., Kuhnen, C. M., Yoo, D. J., & Knutson, B. (2010). Variability in nucleus accumbens activity mediates age-related suboptimal financial risk taking. The Journal of Neuroscience : The Official Journal of the Society for Neuroscience, 30(4), 1426–1434. https://doi.org/10.1523/jneurosci.4902-09.2010
Samanez-Larkin, Gregory R., Camelia M. Kuhnen, Daniel J. Yoo, and Brian Knutson. “Variability in nucleus accumbens activity mediates age-related suboptimal financial risk taking.” The Journal of Neuroscience : The Official Journal of the Society for Neuroscience 30, no. 4 (January 2010): 1426–34. https://doi.org/10.1523/jneurosci.4902-09.2010.
Samanez-Larkin GR, Kuhnen CM, Yoo DJ, Knutson B. Variability in nucleus accumbens activity mediates age-related suboptimal financial risk taking. The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience. 2010 Jan;30(4):1426–34.
Samanez-Larkin, Gregory R., et al. “Variability in nucleus accumbens activity mediates age-related suboptimal financial risk taking.” The Journal of Neuroscience : The Official Journal of the Society for Neuroscience, vol. 30, no. 4, Jan. 2010, pp. 1426–34. Epmc, doi:10.1523/jneurosci.4902-09.2010.
Samanez-Larkin GR, Kuhnen CM, Yoo DJ, Knutson B. Variability in nucleus accumbens activity mediates age-related suboptimal financial risk taking. The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience. 2010 Jan;30(4):1426–1434.
Published In
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience
DOI
EISSN
1529-2401
ISSN
0270-6474
Publication Date
January 2010
Volume
30
Issue
4
Start / End Page
1426 / 1434
Related Subject Headings
- Young Adult
- Risk-Taking
- Reward
- Prefrontal Cortex
- Nucleus Accumbens
- Neuropsychological Tests
- Neurology & Neurosurgery
- Neural Pathways
- Middle Aged
- Male