Comments on: Variability in Nucleus Accumbens Activity Mediates Age-Related Suboptimal Financial Risk Taking http://www.aleablog.com/variability-in-nucleus-accumbens-activity-mediates-age-related-suboptimal-financial-risk-taking/ Alea Jacta Est Mon, 12 Jul 2010 20:04:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Suresh Krishna http://www.aleablog.com/variability-in-nucleus-accumbens-activity-mediates-age-related-suboptimal-financial-risk-taking/#comment-3780 Suresh Krishna Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:03:17 +0000 http://www.aleablog.com/?p=4522#comment-3780 Just a 101 comment: never confuse "correlated with" and "mediated by", as the authors seem to do ! Just a 101 comment: never confuse “correlated with” and “mediated by”, as the authors seem to do !

]]> By: Thomas Esmond Knox http://www.aleablog.com/variability-in-nucleus-accumbens-activity-mediates-age-related-suboptimal-financial-risk-taking/#comment-3717 Thomas Esmond Knox Mon, 01 Feb 2010 08:37:11 +0000 http://www.aleablog.com/?p=4522#comment-3717 How about when choosing low risk assets? (Like equities in March 2009 and having enough capital saved to invest in them?) In short, talk is cheap. I doubt if the people doing this research have a clue about "the dynamic financial investment task." I do not doubt that they believe they do. That's their problem. How about when choosing low risk assets? (Like equities in March 2009 and having enough capital saved to invest in them?)

In short, talk is cheap.

I doubt if the people doing this research have a clue about “the dynamic financial investment task.” I do not doubt that they believe they do.

That’s their problem.

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