Cognitive aging and adaptive foraging Behavior

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 474-481

  Mata, Rui ^a,c   Wilke, Andreas ^b,c   Czienskowski, Uwe ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDADE DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^b Konrad Lorenz Institute for Evolution   (Austria)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aging; Decision making; Foraging; Strategy

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FISHING; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; POND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPUTER INTERFACE; ENVIRONMENT; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; TIME; VISION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGING; COGNITION DISORDERS; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENT; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; TIME FACTORS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 67650732550     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbp035     Document Type: Article

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