Nothing to lose: Processing blindness to potential losses drives thrill and adventure seekers

NeuroImage

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 2850-2859

  Kruschwitz, Johann D ^a,b   Simmons, Alan N ^b,c   Flagan, Taru ^b   Paulus, Martin P ^b,c  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; FMRI; Neural correlates; Risk taking; Sensation seeking; Superior frontal gyrus; Thrill and adventure seeking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BOLD SIGNAL; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSULA; LENTIFORM NUCLEUS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PERSONALITY; PRECUNEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNISHMENT; REWARD; SUPERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; TASK PERFORMANCE; THRILL AND ADVENTURE SEEKING BEHAVIOR;

BEHAVIOR; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CORPUS STRIATUM; DECISION MAKING; DRIVE; ENTROPY; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LINEAR MODELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OXYGEN; PERSONALITY TESTS; PUNISHMENT; REWARD; RISK-TAKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855440771     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2011.09.048     Document Type: Article

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