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WEDNESDAY, Feb. 10 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers say they've pinpointed the area of the brain responsible for the fear of losing money, a finding that offers insight into human economic behavior.
In a novel study that used historical tape of a thrilling overtime basketball game between Duke and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, brain researchers at Duke have found that fans remember the good things their team did much better than the bad.
People are afraid to lose money and an unusual study released on Monday explains why - the brain's fear centre controls the response to a gamble.
&$ &$ People are afraid to lose money and an unusual study released on Monday explains why -- the brain's fear center controls the response to a gamble. The study of two women with brain lesions that made them unafraid to lose on a gamble showed the amygdala, the brain's fear center, activates at the very thought of losing money. The finding, reported in the Proceedings of the National Academy ...
The study of two women with brain lesions that made them unafraid to lose on a gamble showed the amygdala, the brain's fear center, activates at the very thought of losing money.
People are afraid to lose money and an unusual study released on Monday explains why - the brain's fear center controls the response to a gamble.
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Published: Tuesday, February 9, 2010 at 5:20 a.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, February 9, 2010 at 5:20 a.m. At his Princeton laboratory, Samuel Wang is searching for basic information on how the brains of humans and dogs work.
Scientists have shown that our aversion to losing money is all in our heads — specifically a part of the brain called the amygdala. A study of two people with damage to the amygdala, but no other part of the brain, found they had no problem taking risky bets that most people would avoid.
New Study Points to Damage to Brain's Fear Center as Key to Understanding Reckless Behavior
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