Test-retest reliability of brain responses to risk-taking during the balloon analogue risk task

Xiong Li; Yu Pan; Zhuo Fang; Hui Lei; Xiaocui Zhang; Hui Shi; Ning Ma; Philip Raine; Reagan Wetherill; Junghoon J Kim; Yan Wan; Hengyi Rao

doi:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2019.116495

Test-retest reliability of brain responses to risk-taking during the balloon analogue risk task

Neuroimage. 2020 Apr 1:209:116495. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2019.116495. Epub 2019 Dec 27.

Authors

Xiong Li¹, Yu Pan², Zhuo Fang³, Hui Lei⁴, Xiaocui Zhang⁴, Hui Shi⁴, Ning Ma⁴, Philip Raine⁴, Reagan Wetherill⁵, Junghoon J Kim⁶, Yan Wan¹, Hengyi Rao⁷

Affiliations

¹ School of Economics and Management, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing, China.
² School of Economics and Management, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing, China; Key Laboratory of Applied Brain and Cognitive Sciences, School of Business and Management, Shanghai International Studies University, Shanghai, China.
³ Key Laboratory of Applied Brain and Cognitive Sciences, School of Business and Management, Shanghai International Studies University, Shanghai, China; Center for Functional Neuroimaging, Department of Neurology, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
⁴ Center for Functional Neuroimaging, Department of Neurology, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
⁵ Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
⁶ Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Biomedical Sciences, CUNY School of Medicine, The City College of New York, New York, NY, USA.
⁷ Key Laboratory of Applied Brain and Cognitive Sciences, School of Business and Management, Shanghai International Studies University, Shanghai, China; Center for Functional Neuroimaging, Department of Neurology, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA. Electronic address: [email protected].

Abstract

The Balloon Analogue Risk Task (BART) provides a reliable and ecologically valid model for the assessment of individual risk-taking propensity and is frequently used in neuroimaging and developmental research. Although the test-retest reliability of risk-taking behavior during the BART is well established, the reliability of brain activation patterns in response to risk-taking during the BART remains elusive. In this study, we used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and evaluated the test-retest reliability of brain responses in 34 healthy adults during a modified BART by calculating the intraclass correlation coefficients (ICC) and Dice's similarity coefficients (DSC). Analyses revealed that risk-induced brain activation patterns showed good test-retest reliability (median ICC = 0.62) and moderate to high spatial consistency, while brain activation patterns associated with win or loss outcomes only had poor to fair reliability (median ICC = 0.33 for win and 0.42 for loss). These findings have important implications for future utility of the BART in fMRI to examine brain responses to risk-taking and decision-making.

Keywords: Balloon analogue risk task (BART); Intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC); Test-retest reliability; fMRI.

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adult
Brain / diagnostic imaging
Brain / physiology*
Brain Mapping / standards*
Decision Making / physiology*
Female
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging / standards*
Male
Neuropsychological Tests / standards*
Reproducibility of Results
Risk-Taking*
Young Adult

Abstract

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