TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2009//
TI  - Tonic activity level in the right prefrontal cortex predicts individuals' risk taking
JO  - Psychological science
A1  - Gianotti, Lorena R. R.
A1  - Knoch, Daria
A1  - Faber, Pascal L.
A1  - Lehmann, Dietrich
A1  - Pascual-Marqui, Roberto D.
A1  - Diezi, Christa
A1  - Schoch, Cornelia
A1  - Eisenegger, Christoph
A1  - Fehr, Ernst
SP  - 33
EP  - 38
VL  - 20
IS  - 1
N2  - Human risk taking is characterized by a large amount of individual heterogeneity. In this study, we applied resting-state electroencephalography, which captures stable individual differences in neural activity, before subjects performed a risk-taking task. Using a source-localization technique, we found that the baseline cortical activity in the right prefrontal cortex predicts individual risk-taking behavior. Individuals with higher baseline cortical activity in this brain area display more risk aversion than do other individuals. This finding demonstrates that neural characteristics that are stable over time can predict a highly complex behavior such as risk-taking behavior and furthermore suggests that hypoactivity in the right prefrontal cortex might serve as a dispositional indicator of lower regulatory abilities, which is expressed in greater risk-taking behavior.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0956-7976
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9280.2008.02260.x
ID  - ref1
ER  -