No Evidence of Association between Toxoplasma gondii Infection and Financial Risk Taking in Females
| Autor: | Blanka Šebánková, Kyle Carlson, Gideon Nave, Jaroslav Flegr, Lasha Lanchava |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Financial Management Decision Making lcsh:Medicine Poison control Disease Young Adult Risk-Taking Sex Factors Injury prevention medicine Humans Young adult lcsh:Science Rh-Hr Blood-Group System Multidisciplinary biology business.industry lcsh:R Case-control study Toxoplasma gondii medicine.disease biology.organism_classification Toxoplasmosis Surgery Schizophrenia Case-Control Studies lcsh:Q Female business Research Article Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | PLoS ONE PLoS ONE, Vol 10, Iss 9, p e0136716 (2015) |
| ISSN: | 1932-6203 |
| DOI: | 10.1371/journal.pone.0136716 |
| Popis: | Background: Past research linked Toxoplasma gondii (TG) infection in humans with neurological and mental disorders (e.g., schizophrenia, Alzheimer’s disease and attention disorders), irregularities of the dopaminergic and testosterone system, and increased likelihood of being involved in traffic accidents. Methodology/Principal Findings: We test for an association between TG infection and financial decision-making (DM) using a case-control design in a sample of female Czech students (n = 79). We estimate each subject's risk attitude and loss aversion using an experimental economic task involving real monetary incentives. We find no significant evidence that either measure of decision-making is associated with TG infection. Conclusion: We were unable to find evidence of an association between TG infection and financial decision-making in females. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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