How well do elderly people cope with uncertainty in a learning task?

Acta Psychologica

Volumn 103, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 229-238

  Chasseigne, Gérard ^a   Grau, Sébastien ^a   Mullet, Etienne ^b   Cama, Vincent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

^b PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Cognitive aging; Multiple cue probability learning; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; COGNITION; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE;

EID: 0033226947     PISSN: 00016918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0001-6918(99)00038-4     Document Type: Article

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