Myopia for the future or hypersensitivity to reward? Age-related changes in decision making on the iowa gambling task

Emotion

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 19-24

  Bauer, A S ^a   Timpe, J C ^a   Edmonds, E C ^b   Bechara, Antoine ^c   Tranel, Daniel ^a,d   Denburg, Natalie L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Decision making; Older adults; Reward

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IOWA GAMBLING TASK; LIFESPAN; MENTAL HEALTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PUNISHMENT; REWARD; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNCERTAINTY; AGE; AGING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FORECASTING; GAMBLING; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; DECISION MAKING; FORECASTING; GAMBLING; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PUNISHMENT; REWARD; UNCERTAINTY; YOUNG ADULT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84880950380     PISSN: 15283542     EISSN: 19311516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0029970     Document Type: Article

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