S3 E18: Your Mind on Adolescent Risky Decision-Making with Dr. Nina Lauharatanahirun
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What makes teenagers so keen to embrace risk? Are they chasing potential rewards, or are they just blind to potential consequences? Dr. Nina Lauharatanahirun joins us to discuss the computational and neurobiological underpinnings of risky decision-making in teens. Beth and Ava reminisce about their own adolescence.
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NOTE: Dr. Lauharatanahirun is recruiting PhD students for the 2024-2025 cycle with a background in neuroscience, psychology, computer science or engineering!
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Lauharatanahirun, N., Maciejewski, D. F., Kim-Spoon, J., & King-Casas, B. (2023). Risk-related brain activation is linked to longitudinal changes in adolescent health risk behaviors. Developmental cognitive neuroscience, 63, 101291.
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Lauharatanahirun, N., Christopoulos, G. I., & King-Casas, B. (2012). Neural computations underlying social risk sensitivity. Frontiers in human neuroscience, 6, 213.
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Paulus, M. P., Rogalsky, C., Simmons, A., Feinstein, J. S., & Stein, M. B. (2003). Increased activation in the right insula during risk-taking decision making is related to harm avoidance and neuroticism. Neuroimage, 19(4), 1439-1448.