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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-7-25
pubmed:abstractText
Age differences in decision making indicate that children fail to anticipate outcomes of their decisions. Using heart rate and skin conductance analyses, we tested whether developmental changes in decision making are associated with (a) a failure to process outcomes of decisions, or (b) a failure to anticipate future outcomes of decisions. Children aged 8-10, 12-14, and 16-18 years performed the Hungry Donkey task, a child version of the Iowa Gambling Task, while heart rate and skin conductance activity were continuously recorded. Children aged 16-18 learned to make advantageous choices over task blocks faster than the two younger age groups. Age differences were present for anticipation-related autonomic activity but not outcome-related autonomic activity. The results are interpreted vis-à-vis models of prefrontal cortex maturation.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0009-3920
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
78
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1288-301
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
Development of decision making in school-aged children and adolescents: evidence from heart rate and skin conductance analysis.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Psychology, Leiden University, The Netherlands. ecrone@fsw.leidenuniv.nl
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article