Connecting brain responsivity and real-world risk taking: Strengths and limitations of current methodological approaches.

ABSTRACT: In line with the goal of limiting health risk behaviors in adolescence, a growing literature investigates whether individual differences in functional brain responses can be related to vulnerability to engage in risky decision-making. We review this body of work, investigate when and in what way findings converge, and provide best practice recommendations. We identified 23 studies that examined individual differences in brain responsivity and adolescent risk taking. Findings varied widely in terms of the neural regions identified as relating to risky behavior. This heterogeneity is likely due to the abundance of approaches used to assess risk taking, and to the disparity of fMRI tasks. Indeed, brain-behavior correlations were typically found in regions showing a main effect of task. Howeve

SUBMITTER: Sherman L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5745301 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature