Aging and decision making: Differences in susceptibility to the risky-choice framing effect between older and younger adults in Japan

Japanese Psychological Research

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 163-174

  Watanabe, Satoshi ^a   Shibutani, Hirohide ^b  

^a Tohoku University of Art and Design   (Japan)

^b AOMORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aging; Decision making; Risky choice framing effect

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956408840     PISSN: 00215368     EISSN: 14685884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5884.2010.00432.x     Document Type: Article

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