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Alessia Rosi1, Wändi Bruine de Bruin2,3, Fabio Del Missier4,5
1a Department of Brain and Behavioral Sciences , University of Pavia , Pavia , Italy.
Abstract:
Older adults perform worse than younger adults when applying decision rules to choose between options that vary along multiple attributes. Although previous studies have shown that general fluid cognitive abilities contribute to the accurate application of decision rules, relatively little is known about which specific cognitive abilities play the most important role. We examined the independent roles of working memory, verbal fluency, semantic knowledge, and components of executive functioning. We found that age-related decline in applying decision rules was statistically mediated by age-related decline in working memory and verbal fluency. Our results have implications for theories of aging and decision-making.
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