Entrepreneurs' brains are different

Scientists at Cambridge University have found that entrepreneurs’ brains work differently. Research published this month in Nature Magazine found entrepreneurs' brains are more active in the region responsible for making snappy decisions. These entrepreneurial traits have been linked to the release of dopamine in the brain: the same chemical that swamps your system when you eat chocolate or listen to music. Drugs could be developed to enhance entrepreneurial traits by mimicking these reactions. According to Barbara Sahakian, who headed up the research, entrepreneurs had more developed “medial and orbital sectors of the prefrontal cortex”. But she added that the mental processes required to take greater risks could be taught, or enhanced with drugs.