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What if we could stop the brain from making risky decisions?

By Mike Robinson, PhD, Rebecca Tom, and Charlotte Freeland
Backed by Leandra Knes Hallenbeck, Scott Ovelmen, Tessa Smith, Bertram Miller, Angela Carmella, William And Mabel Tom, Stephen Woolley, Edward Freeland, Cynthia Freeland, Matthew Parent, and 25 other backersJane Hodgson-McCrohan, Janine Sullivan, Rachel NewStyle, Sarah Johnson, Ann McCarthy, Sean Mihaljevich, Judy Lazzaro-Osuna, Jacob Stockdale-Woolley, Christine Hauge, David Hauge, Denny Luan, Nora Tom, Signe Campbell, Roy Olsen, Lawrence Tom, Sari Rosokoff, Sarah Mi, Samantha Hellberg, MA, Jessica Robinson, Varinder Singh Bal, Cindy Wu, Anastasia Pacifico, Fred Ayres, Eric D. Walters, and Bo Sprotte Kofod
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Wesleyan University
Middletown, Connecticut
PsychologyNeuroscience
DOI: 10.18258/6597
Grant: Liberal Arts CollegeGrant: Liberal Arts College
$4,166
Raised of $4,000 Goal
104%
Funded on 4/01/16
Successfully Funded
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NeuroscienceWesleyan UniversityAddictionOptogeneticsDrugsLaserGamblingObesityAmygdalaRiskBrainEthicsAnimalResearchResearchRatsOpioidsHeroinNIHOverdoseEpidemicScienceDecision-makingUncertaintyMethods
Research is in Progress...
August 11, 2017
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Thank you!
April 2, 2016
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Risky decision-making as a hot new topic for research
March 25, 2016
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Sudden rise in Drug Overdose Deaths
March 23, 2016
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The Ethics of Animal Research
March 19, 2016
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Using lasers to trigger compulsive behavior
March 17, 2016
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Optogenetics: How it works!
March 15, 2016
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