The impact of age-related stereotypes on risky decision-making in the balloon analogue risk task: shifts in prior beliefs rather than loss aversion.
Objectives Research suggests that age is associated with greater loss aversion in risk decisions and that older adults' loss aversion can be exacerbated by age-related stereotype threats. However, prior studies have predominantly focused on negative stereotypes and one-time decisions, and the underl...
| Publicado en: | Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences & Social Sciences Vol. 81; no. 5; pp. 1 - 11 |
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May2026
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