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July 23, 2025Human Brain MappingOpen Access

Common and Distinct Neural Mechanisms Underlying Risk Seeking and Risk Aversion: Evidence From the Neuroimaging Meta‐Analysis

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TDTao DingPXPeihua XianSJShuai Jin

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Overview

Meta-analysis reveals distinct neural networks for risk seeking and risk aversion in decision-making, highlighting their unique mechanisms.

Key Points

  • Risky decision-making involves two main tendencies: risk seeking and risk aversion.
  • Risk seeking activates regions such as the right insula and left caudate, while risk aversion activates the left middle temporal gyrus and left anterior cingulate cortex.
  • The study analyzed data from 43 risk seeking and 22 risk aversion experiments to uncover neural patterns.
  • Finding distinct neural networks advances understanding of decision-making and may inform interventions for decision-making impairments.

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Ding et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/689a061be6551bb0af8cdab7https://doi.org/10.1002/hbm.70295
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