Open AccessOn the Generality of Age Differences in Social and Nonsocial Decision Making
Author(s) -
Matthias Rieger,
Rui Mata
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
the journals of gerontology series b
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.578
H-Index - 150
eISSN - 1758-5368
pISSN - 1079-5014
DOI - 10.1093/geronb/gbt088
Subject(s) - generality , psychology , cognitive psychology , computer science , cognitive science , psychotherapist
Empirical work with western populations suggests that aging is associated with changes in economic decision making, including, for example, increased prosocial tendencies. We investigated the generality of age effects in social and nonsocial domains by assessing various measures of economic decision making in a rural population from Morocco.
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