Brain-Damaged Psychopaths Make Best Financial Such an advert will not be appearing in the world’s newspapers any time A team of U.S. scientists has found the emotionally impaired are more willing In a study of investors’ behavior 41 people with normal IQs were asked The result was those with brain damage outperformed those without.<\/p>\n The scientists found emotions led some of the group to avoid risks even One of the researchers, Antione Bechara, an associate professor of neurology from Reuters<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Brain-Damaged Psychopaths Make Best Financial Traders LONDON (Reuters) – "Wanted: psychopaths to make a killing in the markets." Such an advert will not be appearing in the world’s newspapers any time soon, but it may have a ring of truth … Continue reading
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LONDON (Reuters) – "Wanted:
\n psychopaths to make a killing in the markets."<\/p>\n
\n soon, but it may have a ring of truth after research revealed the best
\n wheeler-dealers could well be "functional psychopaths."<\/p>\n
\n to gamble for high stakes and that people with brain damage may make good
\n financial decisions, the Times newspaper reported Monday.<\/p>\n
\n to play a simple investment game. Fifteen of the group had suffered lesions
\n on the areas of the brain that affect emotions.<\/p>\n
\n when the potential benefits far outweighed the losses, a phenomenon known
\n as myopic loss aversion.<\/p>\n
\n at the University of Iowa, said the best stock market investors might plausibly
\n be called "functional psychopaths."<\/p>\n