Psychology of Risk-Taking (Psychology of Emotions, Motivations and Actions) - Hardcover

 
9781624175077: Psychology of Risk-Taking (Psychology of Emotions, Motivations and Actions)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1624175074 ISBN 13: 9781624175077
Publisher: Nova Science Publishers Inc, 2013

Synopsis

This book reviews the main contemporary dimensions in the study of the psychology of risk-taking. In an introduction, the Editor J P Assailly (IFSTTAR) proposes a synthesis on the interactions between the psychological, biological and environmental perspectives on risk-taking, risk perception and risk acceptance. In the genesis of risky decision-making, the authors analyse the dynamic self-regulatory processes, their neuropsychological underpinnings (the dysfunctions of executive functions control and the somatic marker framework /hyperactivity of the limbic system, and hypoactivity of the prefrontal cortex). To treat the consequences of this neuropsychological vulnerability, the authors propose to adapt interventions as brief motivational interviews and contingency management.

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Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc
Publication date
2013
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1624175074
ISBN 13 
9781624175077
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
266
Editor
Assailly Jean-Pascal