Why We Take Risks -- It's the Dopamine

Courtesy TIME: Top Science and Health Stories  Tue, 12/30/2008 - 15:25

If risk-taking behavior looks like addiction, there may be a biological reason for that: both behaviors involve the brain's feel-good chemical, dopamine.



 

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