Normal Aging Affects Decisions Under Ambiguity, but Not Decisions Under Risk

Neuropsychology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 645-657

  Zamarian, Laura ^a   Sinz, Hermann ^a   Bonatti, Elisabeth ^a   Gamboz, Nadia ^b   Delazer, Margarete ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b Universita degli Studi Suor Orsola Benincasa   (Italy)

Author keywords

aging; decision; executive functions; risk; uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; AMBIGUITY; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; ADOLESCENT; AWARENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFLICT; GAME; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; LEARNING; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBABILITY; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REACTION TIME; STATISTICS; THINKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; AWARENESS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GAMBLING; GAMES, EXPERIMENTAL; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; LEARNING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROBABILITY; PROBABILITY LEARNING; PROBLEM SOLVING; REACTION TIME; RISK-TAKING; THINKING;

EID: 54049110439     PISSN: 08944105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0894-4105.22.5.645     Document Type: Article

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