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Economic game provides fresh insights into borderline personality disorder
Posted on October 03, 2008
In the first study of its kind, psychologists have used an economic game to investigate the behaviour and brain processes of people diagnosed with a personality disorder.Brooks King-Casas and colleagues recruited dozens of people with borderline personality disorder (BPD) to play the role of trustee in an economic game. People with this disorder tend to have unstable personal relationships and difficulty regulating their emotions. Healthy participants were recruited to play the part of investor and/or trustee.Over several rounds, the game involved the investor choosing how much money to pass ...
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