Stress hormones such as cortisol create a physical response that makes people risk averse, said stock market trader turned neuroscientist John Coates, speaking at Wired Health.
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Coates is studying the impact of certain hormones -- including testosterone, cortisol and adrenaline -- on people working in finance to see how it affects their risk appetite.
Coates left his job as a city trader in order to study bankers at Cambridge University.
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