Adult Age Differences in Learning From Positive and Negative Probabilistic Feedback

Neuropsychology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 534-541

  Simon, Jessica R ^a   Howard, James H ^b,c   Howard, Darlene V ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Decision making; Dopamine hypothesis; Probabilistic selection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MALE; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NORMAL HUMAN; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; STRIATE CORTEX; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICAL BIAS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; AGING; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PROBABILITY LEARNING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954652668     PISSN: 08944105     EISSN: 19311559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0018652     Document Type: Article

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