Mechanisms contributing to decision-making difficulties in late adulthood: Theoretical approaches, speculations and empirical evidence

Gerontology

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 435-440

  Brand, Matthias ^a,b   Markowitsch, Hans J ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b ERWIN L HAHN INSTITUTE FOR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING   (Germany)

^c BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d Alfried Krupp Institute for Advanced Study   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aging; Decision making; Executive functions; Feedback processing; Gambling; Socioemotional Selectivity Theory

Indexed keywords

ADULTHOOD; AGING; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEMORY; MOTION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 77953811991     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000300569     Document Type: Review

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