Performance on the Iowa Gambling Task: From 5 to 89 years of age

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Volumn 143, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1677-1689

  Beitz, Kevin M ^a   Salthouse, Timothy A ^b   Davis, Hasker P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making and cognition; IGT strategy; Iowa Gambling Task; Life span decision making; Prospect valence learning modeling

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; CHILD; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GAMBLING; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGY; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; FEMALE; GAMBLING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84905092934     PISSN: 00963445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0035823     Document Type: Article

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