Decision making over the life span
By: issue editor, Gregory R. Samanez-Larkin
Series: Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences -- v. 1235; Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences -- v. 1235.
Publisher: Published by Blackwell Pub. on behalf of the New York Academy of Sciences
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Boston, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 86
ISBN-13: 9781573318440
Subjects: Aging; Decision making; Psychological aspects
Description: "This volume is a unique, multidisciplinary collection of scholarly reviews encompassing contemporary research on decision making and aging, including work on development and aging, and child and adolescent development. Decision making over the life span presents contributions from a range of researchers at the forefront of this exciting new field that spans neuroscience, economics, and psychology"--Publisher's description.
Notes: Caption title.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction to Decision making over the life span; title: Neuromodulation of reward-based learning and decision making in human aging; title: Age differences in risky choice : a meta-analysis; title: Future self-continuity : how conceptions of the future self transform intertemporal choice; title: Age, time, and decision making : from processing speed to global time horizons; title: Decision-making heuristics and biases across the life span; title: Everyday problem solving across the adult life span : solution diversity and efficacy.