{"id":200,"date":"2016-01-22T08:32:50","date_gmt":"2016-01-22T08:32:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thepoetryofscience.peachpuff-wolverine-566518.hostingersite.com\/?p=200"},"modified":"2016-12-09T11:55:07","modified_gmt":"2016-12-09T11:55:07","slug":"are-we-to-blame-for-what-we-risk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scienceblog.com\/thepoetryofscience\/200\/are-we-to-blame-for-what-we-risk\/","title":{"rendered":"Are We to Blame for What We Risk?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Walk in and put it all on red,<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019ll win it all or loose your head;<\/p>\n<p>Your fate rests with that spinning disk,<\/p>\n<p>Are we to blame for what we risk?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>By playing gambling games with rats,<\/p>\n<p>Researchers found their habitats<\/p>\n<p>Were more than just an asterisk;<\/p>\n<p>Are we to blame for what we risk?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>And NOISY sounds and FlAsHiNg lights<\/p>\n<p>Cause rats to attempt dizzy heights;<\/p>\n<p>Where they should pause, they are too brisk,<\/p>\n<p>Are we to blame for what we risk?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Then dopamine D3 was found<\/p>\n<p>To affect those tempted by sound;<\/p>\n<p>Is this the gambling obelisk?<\/p>\n<p>Are we to blame for what we risk?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>And those that profit from our flaws<\/p>\n<p>Know we\u2019ll come back for more because:<\/p>\n<p>Why have the gruel when there is bisque?<\/p>\n<p>Are we to blame for what we risk?<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_201\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-201\" style=\"width: 290px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/scienceblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/01\/Electric_City_Akihabara_Pachinko.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-201\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-201\" src=\"https:\/\/scienceblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/01\/Electric_City_Akihabara_Pachinko-300x214.jpg\" alt=\"The flashing lights and noisy sounds of a Japanese Pachinko parlour; an ideal environment to encourage risk (Photo Credit: Tischbeinahe) \" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-201\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>The flashing lights and noisy sounds of a Japanese Pachinko parlour; an ideal environment to encourage risk (Photo Credit: Tischbeinahe)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This is a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shadowpoetry.com\/resources\/wip\/kyrielle.html\" target=\"_blank\">Kyrielle<\/a>, based on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jneurosci.org\/content\/36\/3\/785\" target=\"_blank\">this recent piece of research<\/a>, which found that rats that are exposed to flashing lights and noisy sounds are far more likely to make risky decisions in gambling tasks. 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