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State boredom results in optimistic perception of risk and increased risk-taking

Shane W. Bencha Department of Psychology, Utah State University, Price, UT, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Jac’lyn Berab Department of Psychology, Utah State University Eastern, Price, UT, USA
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Jaylee Coxb Department of Psychology, Utah State University Eastern, Price, UT, USA
Pages 649-663 | Received 22 May 2020, Accepted 27 Nov 2020, Published online: 14 Dec 2020

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Dongmei Mei, Shasha He, Liman Man Wai Li & Yiyi Zhu. (2021) The Effect of Subjective Loss in Financial Risk Taking and Negative Emotion. Frontiers in Psychology 12.
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