Age and self-relevance effects on information search during decision making

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 703-711

  Hess, Thomas M ^a   Queen, Tara L ^b   Ennis, Gilda E ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Decision making; Motivation; Process tracing; Strategy

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION SEEKING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PROCESS TRACING; STRATEGY.; VERY ELDERLY;

AGING; DECISION MAKING; MOTIVATION; PROCESS TRACING; STRATEGY.;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84882764816     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbs108     Document Type: Article

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