Adolescents let sufficient evidence accumulate before making a decision when large incentives are at stake

Developmental Science

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 59-70

  Teslovich, Theresa ^a   Mulder, Martijn ^b   Franklin, Nicholas T ^a   Ruberry, Erika J ^a   Millner, Alex ^a   Somerville, Leah H ^a   Simen, Patrick ^c   Durston, Sarah ^a,b   Casey, B J ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; CHILD; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARIETAL LOBE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; REWARD; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOTIVATION; PARIETAL LOBE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; REWARD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84890571931     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/desc.12092     Document Type: Article

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