Decision making (DM) has a pivotal role in supporting individual autonomy and well-being. It
is considered a complex ability exploiting many cognitive functions, among which executive …

Evidence shows that patients affected by Parkinson's disease (PD) display the tendency
toward making risky choices. This is due, at least in part, to the pathophysiological …

Introduction People with cerebellar ataxia (CA) can develop impulsive and compulsive
behaviors that significantly affect their and their family's quality of life. To further assess the …

Background Patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) have deficits in decision-
making in the Iowa Gambling Task (IGT). However, no study has investigated the …

Aging is often accompanied by significant cognitive decline and altered decision making.
Previous studies have found that older adults have difficulty in processing reward/risk …

ABSTRACT The Balloon Analogue Risk Task (BART) assesses real-world decision-making
processes in a laboratory setting and has been applied to both healthy and clinical …

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a major health and socio-economic problem since it is one of
the major sources of death and disability worldwide. TBI patients usually show high …

Humans prefer to have many options when making decisions. When there is a threat of
options disappearing, humans invest more to keep these options available, indicating that …

Introduction The basal ganglia and related dopaminergic cortical areas are important neural
systems underlying motor learning and are also implicated in impulse control disorders …

Risk taking behavior is a symptom of multiple neuropsychiatric disorders and often lacks
effective treatments. Reward circuitry regions including the amygdala, orbitofrontal cortex …