Individual differences in risk perception versus risk taking: Handedness and interhemispheric interaction

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 51-58

  Christman, Stephen D ^a   Jasper, John D ^a   Sontam, Varalakshmi ^a   Cooil, Bruce ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Handedness; Hemispheric specialization; Individual differences; Interhemispheric interaction; Lateral dominance; Right hemisphere; Risk perception; Risk taking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HANDEDNESS; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DECISION MAKING; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK-TAKING;

EID: 33751528460     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: 10902147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2006.08.001     Document Type: Article

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