From risk-seeking to risk-averse: The development of economic risk preference from childhood to adulthood

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 3, Issue SEP, 2012, Pages

  Paulsen, David J ^a   Platt, M L ^a,b   Scott A Huettel, ^a   Brannon, E M ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Child development; Decision making; Gambling; Risk; Risk preference

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867061192     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00313     Document Type: Review

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