For the first time, a neuroimaging study has shown a distinction between how risk is cognitively processed by law-abiding citizens and lawbreakers. Most people will avoid risk when they are going to win and seek risk when they are going to lose. Criminals, on the other hand, reverse that framework.

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For the first time, a neuroimaging study has shown a distinction between how risk is cognitively processed by law-abiding citizens and lawbreakers. Most people will avoid risk when they are going to win and seek risk when they are going to lose. Criminals, on the other hand, reverse that framework.