Walk the Plank: Virtual Risk-Taking and Cheating in Adolescents

Disgust sensitivity and risk-taking are related to self-reported moral decision making, e.g. the trolley problem. Researchers investigated whether both self-reported disgust sensitivity and risk-taking traits predict actual cheating and risk-taking behaviors. The results suggest that self-reported disgust sensitivity does predict risk-taking behaviors and moral judgments but not cheating behaviors.