Neural Mechanisms of Anxiety and Risky Decision Making
TIAN Yan-ying1 DING Cody2 HU Yan-kun3 DIAO Liu-ting1 YANG Dong1
1. Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China; 2.School of Education, University of Missouri, St. Louis 63121 , USA; 3.Chongqing City Vocational College, Chongqing 402160, China
Abstract：The neural mechanism underling the anxiety and risk-making decisions has a high degree of overlapping (e.g., amygdala, striatum, cingulate gyrus, insula, and prefrontal cortex), and these overlapping parts involve in the process of how anxiety impacts the risk-making decision. This paper described and discussed the neural structure and the function of these brain regions with respect to the relationships between anxiety and risk-making decision, attempting to explore their underlying neural mechanism. Moreover, based on the theoretical framework of risk sensitivity and cognitive resources, this paper also explained this relationship from the perspective of emotional and cognitive double processing. Finally, we suggest that future studies may explore the relationship between anxiety and risk decision-making from perspectives of genetics, neurotransmitters, or development.
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