Stress can lead to risky decisions

(Massachusetts Institute of Technology) MIT neuroscientists have discovered making decisions that require weighing pros and cons of two choices is dramatically affected by chronic stress. In a study of rats and mice, they found stressed animals were far likelier to choose high-risk, high-payoff options. They also found that impairments of a specific brain circuit underlie this abnormal decision making.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news