Individual differences in risky decision-making among seniors reflect increased reward sensitivity

Frontiers in Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue JULY, 2012, Pages 1-7

  Cavanagh, James F ^a,b   Neville, David ^b   Cohen, Michael X ^b,c   deVijver, IreneVan ^b   Harsay, Helga ^b   Watson, Poppy ^b   Buitenweg, Jessika I ^b   Ridderinkhof, K Richard ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Bart; Cognitive modeling; Impulsivity; Reward

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; REWARD; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 84865158272     PISSN: 16624548     EISSN: 1662453X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2012.00111     Document Type: Article

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