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...

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Published in:	Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences & Social Sciences Vol. 81; no. 5; pp. 1 - 11
Main Authors:	Lu, Yi, Liao, Shuyao, Ma, Gu, Guo, Zheng, Li, Tianyuan, Zhou, Yatian, Sun, Yue Yang, Zhang, Xin
Format:	Article
Published:	Oxford University Press / USA May2026
Subjects:	China Risk-taking behavior Task performance Health attitudes Decision making Randomized controlled trials Attitude (Psychology) Ageism Analysis of variance Psychological tests Cognition Statistical power analysis Research funding Data analysis Statistical sampling Questionnaires Descriptive statistics Statistics Comparative studies Data analysis software Risk perception
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