Adults' age-related differences in adaptivity of strategy choices: Evidence from computational estimation

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 467-481

  Lemaire, Patrick ^a,b,c,d   Arnaud, Laurence ^a,d   Lecacheur, Mireille ^a,d  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b LPC CNRS   (France)

^c INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE DE FRANCE   (France)

^d CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGING; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY LEARNING; PROBLEM SOLVING; REACTION TIME;

EID: 4344612862     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0882-7974.19.3.467     Document Type: Article

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