Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics · Survey

What predicts risk-taking?

Paper: General risk preference comes up short when predicting risk-taking frequency
Asp et al. · Scientific Reports 2026 · doi.org/10.1038/s41598-026-36713-w

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What predicts risk-taking? In a study of 760 people, impulsivity and sensation seeking were among the strongest predictors of how often people said they took risks. A general taste for risk came up short.

AI-assisted summary with an AI voice, not reviewed by the authors. Made from the paper under its CC BY licence. Read the paper before relying on a finding. Keywords: risk-taking, risk preferences, impulsivity, sensation seeking, gender differences, Bayesian model averaging.