Is human decision making under ambiguity guided by loss frequency regardless of the costs? A developmental study using the Soochow Gambling Task

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 286-294

  Aïte, Ania ^a,b   Cassotti, Mathieu ^a,b,c   Rossi, Sandrine ^a,b   Poirel, Nicolas ^a,b,d   Lubin, Amélie ^a,b   Houdé, Olivier ^a,b,d   Moutier, Sylvain ^a,b  

^a Administrateur de l Institut universitaire de France   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

^c MINES ParisTech   (France)

^d INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE DE FRANCE   (France)

Author keywords

Decision making; Development; Gambling task; Inhibition; Loss shift strategy; Tolerance to loss; Win stay strategy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GAME; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUNISHMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNCERTAINTY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GAMBLING; GAMES, EXPERIMENTAL; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; PUNISHMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK-TAKING; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 84865739251     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2012.05.008     Document Type: Article

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