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Brain study finds what eases pain of financial loss
Financial market traders and keen gamblers take note. Scientists have found that a chemical in the region of the brain involved in sensory and reward systems is crucial to whether people simply brush off the pain of financial losses. Scientists say the study points the way to the possible development of drugs to treat problem gamblers and sheds light on what may have been going on in the brains of Wall Street and City of London traders as the 2008 financial crisis took hold. "Pathological gambling that happens at regular casinos is bad enough, but I think it's also happening a lot now at Casino Wall Street and ... (full story)
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