Gain and loss learning differentially contribute to life financial outcomes

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2011, Pages

  Knutson, Brian ^a   Samanez Larkin, Gregory R ^b   Kuhnen, Camelia M ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INCOME; INTELLIGENCE; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; SEX; SOCIOECONOMICS; AGED; COGNITION; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CLASS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK-TAKING; SOCIAL CLASS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052472892     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0024390     Document Type: Article

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