Age differences in striatal delay sensitivity during intertemporal choice in healthy adults

Frontiers in Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue NOV, 2011, Pages

  Samanez Larkin, Gregory R ^a   Mata, Rui ^b   Radu, Peter T ^c   Ballard, Ian C ^d   Carstensen, Laura L ^c   McClure, Samuel M ^c  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Decision making; Discounting; Experience; Intertemporal choice; Reward; Ventral striatum

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859555550     PISSN: 16624548     EISSN: 1662453X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2011.00126     Document Type: Article

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