Rationale Delayed reward discounting (DRD) is a behavioral economic index of impulsivity
and numerous studies have examined DRD in relation to addictive behavior. To synthesize …

Why do people take revenge? This question can be difficult to answer. Vengeance seems
interpersonally destructive and antithetical to many of the most basic human instincts …

Humans vary substantially in their willingness to take risks. In a combined sample of over 1
million individuals, we conducted genome-wide association studies (GWAS) of general risk …

Neuroeconomics combines methods and theories from neuroscience psychology,
economics, and computer science in an effort to produce detailed computational and …

The neuromodulator dopamine has a well established role in reporting appetitive prediction
errors that are widely considered in terms of learning. However, across a wide variety of …

Arginine vasopressin (AVP) and oxytocin (OXT) are social hormones and mediate affiliative
behaviors in mammals and as recently demonstrated, also in humans. There is intense …

This article reviews existing research at the intersection of genetics and economics, presents
some new findings that illustrate the state of genoeconomics research, and surveys the …

The science of genetics is undergoing a paradigm shift. Recent discoveries, including the
activity of retrotransposons, the extent of copy number variations, somatic and chromosomal …

The extent to which aging affects decision-making is controversial. Given the critical financial
decisions that older adults face (eg, managing retirement funds), changes in risk …

Temporal difference learning models propose phasic dopamine signaling encodes reward
prediction errors that drive learning. This is supported by studies where optogenetic …