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Why we take financial risks

Elise Payzan-LeNestour · TED

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About

An awareness of risk is in our DNA, so why do we still make big gambles? Elise Payzan-LeNestour is fascinated with this behavior, particularly when it comes to financial risk. In this talk, learn how she's studying the way humans choose between safe bets and highly dangerous gambles with a computerized money game.

The talk

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Credits and licence

Institution
TED
Department
TEDxSydney
Speaker
Elise Payzan-LeNestour
Year
2016
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Biology, Economics, Psychology and the brain
Source
TED
Licence
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, as TED states it. Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions. TED's terms
Attribution
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