Risk, reward, and economic decision making in aging

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 67 B, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 289-298

  Roalf, David R ^a,b   Mitchell, Suzanne H ^b   Harbaugh, William T ^c   Janowsky, Jeri S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Decision making; Delay discounting; Dictator game; Risk taking; Ultimatum game

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIORAL ECONOMICS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GAME; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REWARD;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS, BEHAVIORAL; FEMALE; GAMES, EXPERIMENTAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REWARD; RISK-TAKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859786836     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbr099     Document Type: Article

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