Decisions from experience: Adaptive information search and choice in younger and older adults

Frontiers in Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue MAR, 2012, Pages

  Spaniol, Julia ^a   Wegier, Pete ^a  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; Choice; Dopamine; Financial decisions; Sampling paradigm

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFORMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; RESEARCH; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 84862223759     PISSN: 16624548     EISSN: 1662453X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2012.00036     Document Type: Article

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