期刊
DECISION MAKING OVER THE LIFE SPAN
卷 1235, 期 -, 页码 18-29出版社
BLACKWELL SCIENCE PUBL
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2011.06200.x
关键词
aging; risk; meta-analysis; decisions from description; decisions from experience
资金
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING [R24AG039350, F32AG039131] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
Does risk taking change as a function of age? We conducted a systematic literature search and found 29 comparisons between younger and older adults on behavioral tasks thought to measure risk taking (N = 4,093). The reports relied on various tasks differing in several respects, such as the amount of learning required or the choice framing (gains vs. losses). The results suggest that age-related differences vary considerably as a function of task characteristics, in particular the learning requirements of the task. In decisions from experience, age-related differences in risk taking were a function of decreased learning performance: older adults were more risk seeking compared to younger adults when learning led to risk-avoidant behavior, but were more risk averse when learning led to risk-seeking behavior. In decisions from description, younger adults and older adults showed similar risk-taking behavior for the majority of the tasks, and there were no clear age-related differences as a function of gain/loss framing. We discuss limitations and strengths of past research and provide suggestions for future work on age-related differences in risk taking.
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