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| Title |
Gain and Loss Learning Differentially Contribute to Life Financial Outcomes
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|---|---|
| Published in |
PLOS ONE, September 2011
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0024390 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Brian Knutson, Gregory R. Samanez-Larkin, Camelia M. Kuhnen |
| Abstract |
Emerging findings imply that distinct neurobehavioral systems process gains and losses. This study investigated whether individual differences in gain learning and loss learning might contribute to different life financial outcomes (i.e., assets versus debt). In a community sample of healthy adults (n = 75), rapid learners had smaller debt-to-asset ratios overall. More specific analyses, however, revealed that those who learned rapidly about gains had more assets, while those who learned rapidly about losses had less debt. These distinct associations remained strong even after controlling for potential cognitive (e.g., intelligence, memory, and risk preferences) and socioeconomic (e.g., age, sex, ethnicity, income, education) confounds. Self-reported measures of assets and debt were additionally validated with credit report data in a subset of subjects. These findings support the notion that different gain and loss learning systems may exert a cumulative influence on distinct life financial outcomes. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 33% |
| Chile | 1 | 33% |
| Unknown | 1 | 33% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Scientists | 2 | 67% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 33% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 104 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 5% |
| Germany | 2 | 2% |
| Switzerland | 1 | <1% |
| Singapore | 1 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 94 | 90% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 30 | 29% |
| Researcher | 20 | 19% |
| Student > Master | 11 | 11% |
| Student > Bachelor | 7 | 7% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 6 | 6% |
| Other | 18 | 17% |
| Unknown | 12 | 12% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 43 | 41% |
| Neuroscience | 13 | 13% |
| Economics, Econometrics and Finance | 8 | 8% |
| Social Sciences | 7 | 7% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 6 | 6% |
| Other | 15 | 14% |
| Unknown | 12 | 12% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 14. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 10 November 2011.
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#11,914
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#348
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