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DAT1 polymorphism is associated with risk taking in the Balloon Analogue Risk Task (BART).
PloS one - 1 Jan 2012
Mata Rui, Hau Robin, Papassotiropoulos Andreas, Hertwig Ralph
Abstract excerpt
Twin-studies suggest that a significant portion of individual differences in the propensity to take risks resides in people's genetic make-up and there is evidence that variability in dopaminergic systems relates to individual differences in risky choice. We examined the link between risk taking in a risk taking task (the Balloon Analogue Risk Task, BART) and a variable number tandem repeat (VNTR) polymorphism in...
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