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The Hour Between Dog and Wolf: Risk-taking, Gut Feelings and the Biology of Boom and Bust

John M. Coates

A Wall Street trader-turned-neuroscientist reveals the biology of boom-and-bust cycles to explain the impact of risk taking on body chemistry, citing the relationship between testosterone, decision making, and emotional health.

ScienceScience · medium confidenceScience81 signalsLlm Classifier: Science -> ScienceOpen Library: Risk-taking (Psychology) -> Medicine & Public HealthOpen Library: Psychology -> Medicine & Public HealthBusiness, Capitalism & CorporationsMedicine, Health & the Body

Award History

0 wins · 2 total

AwardYearResultCategory / Notes
FT Business Book of the YearMajor2012ShortlistSecondary source
Wellcome Book Prize: Nonfiction2012ShortlistSecondary source
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  1. 01 Central figures

    None extracted with sufficient confidence.

  2. 02 Central places

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  3. 03 Suggested argument

    No argument inferred with sufficient confidence.

    This suggestion did not meet the normal display threshold and is more likely to be wrong.

    Risk-taking drives boom-and-bust cycles by altering body chemistry, linking testosterone to decision-making and emotional health.

    Model confidence 55%

  4. 04 Reading orientation

    35 / 100 academic

    Serious trade

    An estimate of intended readership and scholarly apparatus—not quality or importance.

Confidence percentages are the model's own estimates. Profile confidence: 28%.