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Monoamine oxidase A gene (MAOA) associated with attitude towards longshot risks.

PloS one - 31 Dec 2009

Zhong Songfa, Israel Salomon, Xue Hong, Ebstein Richard P, Chew Soo Hong

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Decision making often entails longshot risks involving a small chance of receiving a substantial outcome. People tend to be risk preferring (averse) when facing longshot risks involving significant gains (losses). This differentiation towards longshot risks underpins the markets for lottery as we...

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PMID: 20046877
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0008516
PMCID: PMC2795855

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