2016
Neuroanatomy accounts for age-related changes in risk preferences
Grubb MA, Tymula A, Gilaie-Dotan S, Glimcher PW, Levy I. Neuroanatomy accounts for age-related changes in risk preferences. Nature Communications 2016, 7: 13822. PMID: 27959326, PMCID: PMC5159889, DOI: 10.1038/ncomms13822.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRight posterior parietal cortexGray matter volumeRisky rewardMatter volumeAge-related changesLess grey matter volumePosterior parietal cortexAge-related declineRisk preferencesNeural mechanismsRisky choiceParietal regionsParietal cortexSubstantial empirical evidenceOlder adultsHealthy agingYoung adultsRewardGray matter lossEmpirical evidencePotential outcomesHuman agingAdultsPreferencesNeuroanatomy
2014
Neuroanatomy Predicts Individual Risk Attitudes
Gilaie-Dotan S, Tymula A, Cooper N, Kable JW, Glimcher PW, Levy I. Neuroanatomy Predicts Individual Risk Attitudes. Journal Of Neuroscience 2014, 34: 12394-12401. PMID: 25209279, PMCID: PMC4160774, DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.1600-14.2014.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGray matter volumeMatter volumeHigher gray matter volumeIndividual risk attitudesRight posterior parietal cortexSecond groupWhole-brain analysisPosterior parietal cortexPossible neural mechanismsCortical volumeGeneral populationBrain areasBrain scansParietal cortexIndividual human brainsStable biomarkersNeural activationRisk attitudesLess risk aversionNeurobiological toolsAmerican adultsMultitude of studiesNeural mechanismsHuman brainEx-ante hypotheses