Foraging across the life span: Is there a reduction in exploration with aging?

Frontiers in Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue 7 APR, 2013, Pages

  Mata, Rui ^a   Wilke, Andreas ^b   Czienskowski, Uwe ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

^b CLARKSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Cognitive ability; Exploitation; Exploration; Foraging; Life span; Search

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITION; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FORAGING; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; MALE; MEMORY;

EID: 84878983174     PISSN: 16624548     EISSN: 1662453X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2013.00053     Document Type: Article

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