@article{ref1,
title="The role of executive function in adolescent adaptive risk-taking on the balloon analogue risk task",
journal="Developmental neuropsychology",
year="2018",
author="Blair, Melanie A. and Moyett, Ashley and Bato, Angelica A. and Derosse, Pamela and Karlsgodt, Katherine H.",
volume="43",
number="7",
pages="566-580",
abstract="The present study examined the role of executive control functions (ECF) in adaptive risk-taking during adolescence. Healthy individuals aged 8-25 were administered ECF measures and the Balloon Analogue Risk Task (BART), a computerized measure of risk-taking propensity. <br><br>FINDINGS demonstrated that adolescents who executed a more consistent response strategy evidenced better performance on the BART. Greater working memory (WM) predicted lower response variability and WM capacity mediated the relationship between age and variability. <br><br>RESULTS suggest that intra-individual response variability may index adaptive risk-taking and that the development of ECF, specifically WM, may play an integral role in adaptive decision making during adolescence and young adulthood.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="8756-5641",
doi="10.1080/87565641.2018.1510500",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/87565641.2018.1510500"
}