Age differences in dual information-processing modes implications for cancer decision making

Cancer

Volumn 113, Issue 12 SUPPL., 2008, Pages 3556-3567

  Peters, Ellen ^a   Diefenbach, Michael A ^b   Hess, Thomas M ^c   Västfjäll, Daniel ^a  

^a DECISION RESEARCH   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Affect; Aged; Decision making; Emotions; Judgment; Neoplasms; Psychology; Review

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; DECISION MAKING; EMOTIONALITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LIFESPAN; MOOD; MOTIVATION; NEOPLASM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS;

AGE FACTORS; AGING; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 59449103012     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.23944     Document Type: Conference Paper

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