When effort fuels risk: Cognitive exertion increases risk-taking for gains but reduces it for losses.

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• Publication year

  2026

• Venue

  Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience

• Publication date

  2026-01-08

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Psychology

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  DOI 10.3758/s13415-025-01381-2PMID 41507651
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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