Risky decision-making in older adults without cognitive deficits: An fMRI study of VMPFC using the Iowa Gambling Task

Social Neuroscience

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 178-190

  Rogalsky, Corianne ^a   Vidal, Christine ^a   Li, Xiangrui ^a   Damasio, Hanna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Decision making; fMRI; Ventromedial prefrontal cortex

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BLOOD; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ATTENTION; COGNITION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GAMBLING; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OXYGEN; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RISK-TAKING; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84858791430     PISSN: 17470919     EISSN: 17470927     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470919.2011.588340     Document Type: Article

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