Publications by authors named "Zoe R Guttman"
Article Synopsis
- Decision-making strategies change as people age, impacting their overall wellbeing, particularly in how they perceive losses versus gains.
- The study specifically examined how loss aversion—an inclination to prioritize losses over gains—varies with age and how this is related to brain structure changes, particularly in specific brain regions like the insula and cingulate cortex.
- Results showed that loss aversion decreases in young adulthood but rises in middle age, with thinning of the posterior cingulate cortex significantly mediating this increase in loss aversion during middle adulthood.
