Citation

Pighin S, Savadori L, Bonini N, Andreozzi L, Savoldelli A, Schena F. Int. J. Sports Med. 2015; 36(10): 858-863.

Affiliation

University of Verona, Research Center "Sport, Mountain and Health", Trento, Italy.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, Georg Thieme Verlag)

DOI

10.1055/s-0034-1398677

PMID

26090877

Abstract

The research presented here investigates the interaction between acute exercise, biological sex and risk-taking behavior. The study involved 20 amateur athletes (19-33 years old), 10 males and 10 females, who were asked to undergo subsequent experimental sessions designed to compare their risky behaviors on the Balloon Analogue Risk Task (BART) 34 at rest and while exercising at moderate intensity (60% of their maximal aerobic power).

RESULTS showed that physical exercise affected male and female participants differently: Whereas males became more risk seeking, females became more risk averse during exercise.

Language: en