Aging and Decision Making Empirical and Applied Perspective 1st edition by Thomas Hess, JoNell Strough, Corinna Löckenhoff ISBN 0124171486 978-0124171480

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Author: Thomas Hess, JoNell Strough, Corinna Löckenhoff 

Decisions large and small play a fundamental role in shaping life course trajectories of health and well-being: decisions draw upon an individual’s capacity for self-regulation and self-control, their ability to keep long-term goals in mind, and their willingness to place appropriate value on their future well-being. Aging and Decision Making addresses the specific cognitive and affective processes that account for age-related changes in decision making, targeting interventions to compensate for vulnerabilities and leverage strengths in the aging individual.

This book focuses on four dominant approaches that characterize the current state of decision-making science and aging – neuroscience, behavioral mechanisms, competence models, and applied perspectives. Underscoring that choice is a ubiquitous component of everyday functioning, Aging and Decision Making examines the implications of how we invest our limited social, temporal, psychological, financial, and physical resources, and lays essential groundwork for the design of decision supportive interventions for adaptive aging that take into account individual capacities and context variables.

Aging and Decision Making Empirical and Applied Perspective 1st Table of contents:

Chapter 1. The Present, Past, and Future of Research on Aging and Decision Making

Basic Issues in the Study of Aging and Decisions

Book Overview

Conclusion

Section 1. Neurobiological Mechanisms

Chapter 2. Modeling Cost–Benefit Decision Making in Aged Rodents

Introduction

Individual Differences and Cognitive Aging

Cross-Species Comparisons of Neural Circuitry Relevant For Decision Making

Cross-Species Considerations of Reinforcers

Intertemporal Decision Making

Probabilistic (Risky) Decision Making

The Role of Age-Related Memory Impairment in Decision Making

Conclusion

Chapter 3. Decision Neuroscience and Aging

Overview of Frontostriatal Neural Circuitry

Gains and Losses

Intertemporal Decision making

Risky Decision making

Learning

Conclusions

Chapter 4. Towards a Mechanistic Understanding of Age-Related Changes in Learning and Decision Making: A Neuro-Computational Approach

Age-Related Decline in the Dopamine System

Age Differences in Learning from Experience

Conclusions

Chapter 5. Age-Associated Executive Dysfunction, the Prefrontal Cortex, and Complex Decision Making

Guiding Observations, Theoretical Frameworks, and Key Empirical Tests

Research on Aging

Conclusions and Implications

Section 2. Behavioral Mechanisms

Chapter 6. Adaptive Decision Making and Aging

An Ecological Perspective on Life-span Changes in Strategy Use

Cognitive Aging: The Role of Cognitive Control and Reward Processing

Aging and Strategy Use

Aging and Strategy Use in DECISION MAKING

Implications of Age Differences in Strategy Selection and Execution

Summary and Conclusion

Chapter 7. Aging, Memory, and Decision Making

Introduction

Age-Related Changes in Memory Functioning and Their Influence on Judgment and Decision Making

Aging, Memory, and Decision Making: Where Do We Go From Here?

Chapter 8. Complementary Contributions of Fluid and Crystallized Intelligence to Decision Making Across the Life Span

Better or Worse Off?

Cognitive Capabilities and Decision Making Across the Adult Life span

Complementary Cognitive Capabilities

Practical Decision Making And the Role of Domain-Specific Experience

Implications for Public Policy and Effective Decision Environments

Summary

Chapter 9. Aging, Emotion, and Decision Making

Age-Related Changes in Cognition, Emotion, and Motivation

Theoretical Perspectives on the Role of Affect in Judgment and Decision Making

Decision Making Across the Adult Life span

Conclusions and Future Research Directions

Chapter 10. A Prospect Theory-Based Evaluation of Dual-Process Influences on Aging and Decision Making: Support for a Contextual Perspective

Dual-Process Perspectives on Decision Making

Dual-Process Influences and Prospect Theory

Conclusions

Chapter 11. Age Differences in Time Perception and Their Implications for Decision Making Across the Life Span

Age Differences in Global Time Horizons and Mental Representations of Time

Mechanisms

Implications for Decision Making

Future Directions and Practical Implications

Chapter 12. Understanding Life-Span Developmental Changes in Decision-Making Competence

Overview

Defining Decision-Making Competence

Deliberation, Affect, and Decision-Making Competence

Aging and Decision-Making Competence

Motivational Model of Aging and Decision-Making Competence

Current Challenges and Directions for Future Research

Summary and Conclusions

Section 3. Applied Perspectives

Chapter 13. Decision Making and Health Literacy among Older Adults

Introduction

Older Adults and Health Decisions

Aging, Health Literacy, and Health-Related Decisions

Conclusions

Chapter 14. Decisions and Actions for Life Patterns and Health Practices as We Age: A Bottom-up Approach

Overview

Themes for Modeling Health Preferences and Decisions

Modeling the Processes Underlying Health Decisions and Actions

Executive Function in a Common-Sense Framework: Selective Evidence

Summary and Thoughts for the Future

Chapter 15. Choice and Aging: Less is More

Introduction

Choice Preference and Size in Decision Making

Dual-Process Models and Implications for Decision Making in Older Adults

An Empirical Study Testing the Mediating Effect of Cognitive Ability on Choice Preference

Numeracy and Choice Set Size in Decision Making

Additional Factors in Relation to Choice Set Size and Preference

Summary

Chapter 16. Financial Decision Making across the Adult Life Span: Dynamic Cognitive Capacities and Real-World Competence

Fluid Abilities, Crystallized Abilities, and Financial Knowledge

The Nature of Financial Decision-Making Tasks

Reasons Why Individuals Make Poor Financial Decisions

Interventions Designed to Improve Financial Decision Making

Summary and Conclusion

Chapter 17. Aging and Consumer Decision Making

Age Differences in Basic Decision Skills and Strategies

Age Differences in Consumer Choice and Decision Making

Moderating Influences on Aging and Decision Making

Conclusions

Chapter 18. A Framework for Decision Making in Couples across Adulthood

A Framework for Understanding Dyadic Decision-Making Processes

Existing Literature on Dyadic Decision Making

Future Directions

Conclusion

Index

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