The impact of mild cognitive impairment on decision making in two gambling tasks

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 66 B, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 23-31

  Zamarian, Laura ^a   Weiss, Elisabeth M ^a   Delazer, Margarete ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Aging; Decision making; Dementia; MCI

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION DISORDERS; DECISION MAKING; DEMENTIA; FEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; GAMBLING; HUMANS; MALE; PROBABILITY; RISK; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 79951976385     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbq067     Document Type: Article

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