Dopamine and risk choices in different domains: Findings among serious tournament bridge players

Journal of Risk and Uncertainty

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 19-38

  Dreber, Anna ^a   Rand, David G ^b   Wernerfelt, Nils ^c   Garcia, Justin R ^d   Vilar, Miguel G ^d   Lum, J Koji ^d   Zeckhauser, Richard ^e  

^a Institute for Financial Research (SIFR)   (Sweden)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Advantageous risks; Contract bridge; Dopamine; DRD4; Risk preferences; Risk taking

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959873230     PISSN: 08955646     EISSN: 15730476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11166-011-9119-z     Document Type: Article

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