Domain independence and stability in young and older adults' discounting of delayed rewards

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 253-259

  Jimura, Koji ^a,b   Myerson, Joel ^b   Hilgard, Joseph ^b   Keighley, Julia ^b   Braver, Todd S ^b   Green, Leonard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Consumable reward; Delay discounting; Domain independence; Monetary reward; Stability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; CORRELATION; DECISION MAKING; DOMAIN STRUCTURE; HUMAN BEHAVIOR; MONETARY POLICY; STABILIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIQUID; MONEY; NORMAL HUMAN; REWARD; WORKING MEMORY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BEVERAGES; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; MIDDLE AGED; REWARD; TIME FACTORS; TOKEN ECONOMY;

EID: 79960213692     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: 18728308     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2011.04.006     Document Type: Article

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