Gender differences in two decision-making tasks in a community sample of adolescents

International Journal of Behavioral Development

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 352-358

  d'Acremont, Mathieu ^a   Van der Linden, Martial ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Decision making; Emotion based learning; Gender differences; Risk taking

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; COMMUNITY; DECISION MAKING; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; SEX DIFFERENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 33750630590     PISSN: 01650254     EISSN: 14640651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0165025406066740     Document Type: Article

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