«Someone's socioeconomic status, their degree of mathematical literacy, the extent to which someone has
experienced financial need — those are factors that do affect features of the brain,» he says; these influences, which would presumably make a difference in how willing someone is to
gamble with their
money, might also be sculpting their brain in one way or another.
Rather than an educational
experience, practice accounts are a little like play -
money sessions at Las Vegas, where
gambling novices can learn to play casino games without risking any real cash.