title: No Evidence of Association between Toxoplasma gondii Infection and Financial Risk Taking in Females.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Past research linked Toxoplasma gondii (TG) infection in humans with neurological and mental disorders (e.g., schizophrenia, Alzheimer's disease and attention disorders), irregularities of the dopaminergic and testosterone system, and increased likelihood of being involved in traffic accidents.
  
  
  RESULTS
  We test for an association between TG infection and financial decision-making (DM) using a case-control design in a sample of female Czech students (n = 79). We estimate each subject's risk attitude and loss aversion using an experimental economic task involving real monetary incentives. We find no significant evidence that either measure of decision-making is associated with TG infection.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We were unable to find evidence of an association between TG infection and financial decision-making in females.
authors.affiliation: Center for Economic Research and Graduate Education and Economics Institute (CERGE-EI), Prague, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: Lasha
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lanchava
authors.affiliation: Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States of America.
authors.forename: Kyle
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Carlson
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: Blanka
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Šebánková
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: Jaroslav
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Flegr
authors.affiliation: Department of Computation & Neural Systems, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States of America.
authors.forename: Gideon
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Nave
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D003657:Decision Making; D005260:Female; D005376:Financial Management; D006801:Humans; D012204:Rh-Hr Blood-Group System / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D012309:Risk-Taking; D012737:Sex Factors; D014123:Toxoplasmosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D012204:Rh-Hr Blood-Group System; C026410:Rho(D) antigen