Adult age differences in learning on a sequentially cued prediction task

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 686-694

  Seaman, Kendra L ^a   Howard, Darlene V ^b   Howard Jr , James H ^a,b,c  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Decision making; Learning; Prediction

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION.; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; YOUNG ADULT;

AGING; DECISION MAKING; LEARNING; PREDICTION.;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; CUES; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROBABILITY LEARNING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84889634389     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbt057     Document Type: Article

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