Risk preferences and aging: The "certainty effect" in older adults' decision making

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 801-816

  Mather, Mara ^a   Mazar, Nina ^b   Gorlick, Marissa A ^c   Lighthall, Nichole R ^a   Burgeno, Jessica ^a   Schoeke, Andrej ^a   Ariely, Dan ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Certainty; Choice; Gains vs. losses; Gamble; Risk

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; AVERSION; BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONDITIONING; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; LINEAR SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD; OUTCOME VARIABLE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STRESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RISK-TAKING; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNCERTAINTY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84874456235     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: 19391498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0030174     Document Type: Article

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