With age comes wisdom: Decision making in younger and older adults

Psychological Science

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1375-1380

  Worthy, Darrell A ^a   Gorlick, Marissa A ^b   Pacheco, Jennifer L ^b   Schnyer, David M ^b   Maddox, W Todd ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

aging; decision making

Indexed keywords

EID: 80555138921     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797611420301     Document Type: Article

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