Risk preference is one of the most important building blocks of choice theories in the
behavioural sciences. In economics, it is often conceptualized as preferences concerning …

Impulsive personality traits are complex heritable traits that are governed by frontal-
subcortical circuits and are associated with numerous neuropsychiatric disorders …

Investigating the bases of inter-individual differences in risk-taking is necessary to refine our
cognitive and neural models of decision-making and to ultimately counter risky behaviors in …

Sociologists interested in the effects of genes on complex social outcomes claim
environmental conditions structure when and how genes matter, but they have only studied …

The field of psychopathology is in a transformative phase, and is witnessing a renewed
surge of interest in theoretical models of mental disorders. While many interesting proposals …

Background The period of college represents a particularly risky developmental stage with
regard to alcohol use, as college students engage in more risky drinking behaviors than …

Heightened sensation-seeking is related to the development of delinquency. Moreover,
sensation-seeking, or biological correlates of sensation-seeking, are suggested as factors …

Incarceration is a disruptive event that is experienced by a considerable proportion of the
United States population. Research has identified social factors that predict incarceration …

Who benefits most from hel** others? Previous research suggests that common
polymorphisms of the oxytocin receptor gene (OXTR) predict whether people behave …

Although health disparities among same-sex attracted compared to heterosexual individuals
are typically explained by minority stress, there is limited evidence for a causal effect. This …