Positive risk taking and neural sensitivity to risky decision making in adolescence.

ABSTRACT: This study examines associations between adolescents' positive risk taking and neural activation during risky decision-making. Participants included 144 adolescents ages 13-16 years (M_age = 14.23; SD_age = 0.7) from diverse racial and ethnic groups. Participants self-reported their engagement in positive and negative risk taking. Additionally, participants played the Cups task during fMRI, where they chose between a safe choice (guaranteed earning of 15 cents) and a risky choice (varying probabilities of earning more than 15 cents). Using a risk-return framework, we examined adolescents' sensitivity to both risks (safe versus risky) and returns (expected value, or potential reward as a function of its probability of occurring) at the behavioral and neural levels. All p

SUBMITTER: Duell N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9356152 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature