No Evidence of Association between Toxoplasma gondii Infection and Financial Risk Taking in Females

被引：6

作者：

Lanchava, Lasha ^{[1
]}

Carlson, Kyle ^{[2
]}

Sebankova, Blanka ^{[3
]}

Flegr, Jaroslav ^{[3
]}

Nave, Gideon ^{[4
]}

机构：

[1] Ctr Econ Res & Grad Educ & Econ Inst, Prague, Czech Republic

[2] CALTECH, Dept Humanities & Social Sci, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA

[3] Charles Univ Prague, Dept Biol, Fac Sci, Prague, Czech Republic

[4] CALTECH, Dept Computat & Neural Syst, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA

来源：

PLOS ONE | 2015年 / 10卷 / 09期

关键词：

LATENT TOXOPLASMOSIS; HOST BEHAVIOR; LOSS AVERSION; PARASITE MANIPULATION; TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS; TESTOSTERONE CHANGE; RHD MOLECULE; PREDICTS; DECISION; EXPERIENCE;

D O I：

10.1371/journal.pone.0136716

中图分类号：

O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];

学科分类号：

07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;

摘要：

Background Past research linked Toxoplasma gondii (TG) infection in humans with neurological and mental disorders (e.g., schizophrenia, Alzheimer's disease and attention disorders), irregularities of the dopaminergic and testosterone system, and increased likelihood of being involved in traffic accidents. Methodology/Principal Findings We test for an association between TG infection and financial decision-making (DM) using a case-control design in a sample of female Czech students (n = 79). We estimate each subject's risk attitude and loss aversion using an experimental economic task involving real monetary incentives. We find no significant evidence that either measure of decision-making is associated with TG infection. Conclusion We were unable to find evidence of an association between TG infection and financial decision- making in females.

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