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Risky decision making on brains of methamphetamine users examed with imaging

May 22, 2014 by

Methamphetamine users showed less sensitivity to risk and reward in one region of the brain and greater sensitivity in other brain regions compared with non-users when performing an exercise involving risky decision making. The authors used functional magnetic resonance imaging in a study of 25 methamphetamine users and 27 non-users (controls).

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