Poor Decision Making Among Older Adults Is Related to Elevated Levels of Neuroticism

N Denburg; J Weller; T Yamada; D Shivapour; A Kaup; A LaLoggia; C Cole; D Tranel; A Bechara

doi:10.1007/s12160-009-9094-7

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Poor Decision Making Among Older Adults Is Related to Elevated Levels of Neuroticism

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Poor Decision Making Among Older Adults Is Related to Elevated Levels of Neuroticism

N Denburg, J Weller, T Yamada, D Shivapour, A Kaup, A LaLoggia, C Cole, D Tranel and A Bechara

Annals of behavioral medicine, Vol.37(2), pp.164-172

04/2009

DOI: 10.1007/s12160-009-9094-7

PMCID: PMC4028129

PMID: 19350336

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Abstract

A well-studied index of reasoning and decision making is the Iowa Gambling Task (IGT). The IGT possesses many features important to medical decision making, such as weighing risks and benefits, dealing with unknown outcomes, and making decisions under uncertainty.There exists a great deal of individual variability on the IGT, particularly among older adults, and the present study examines the role of personality in IGT performance. We explored which of the five-factor model of personality traits were predictive of decision-making performance, after controlling for relevant demographic variables.One hundred and fifty-two healthy cognitively intact adults (aged 26–85) were individually administered the IGT and the NEO Five-Factory Inventory.In the older adults, but not the younger, higher NEO neuroticism was associated with poorer IGT performance.Our findings are discussed in the context of how stress may impact cognitive performance and cause dysfunction of neural systems in the brain important for decision making.

Neuroticism

Frontal lobe

Decision making

Psychology

Aging

Health Psychology

Personality

Medicine/Public Health, general

Stress

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Title: Subtitle: Poor Decision Making Among Older Adults Is Related to Elevated Levels of Neuroticism
Creators: N Denburg - Department of Neurology, #2007 RCP University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics 200 Hawkins Drive Iowa City IA 52242-1053 USA
J Weller - Decision Research Eugene OR USA
T Yamada - Department of Neurology, Division of Behavioral Neurology and Cognitive Neuroscience University of Iowa College of Medicine Iowa City IA USA
D Shivapour - Department of Neurology, Division of Behavioral Neurology and Cognitive Neuroscience University of Iowa College of Medicine Iowa City IA USA
A Kaup - Department of Neurology, Division of Behavioral Neurology and Cognitive Neuroscience University of Iowa College of Medicine Iowa City IA USA
A LaLoggia - Department of Neurology, Division of Behavioral Neurology and Cognitive Neuroscience University of Iowa College of Medicine Iowa City IA USA
C Cole - Department of Marketing University of Iowa Iowa City IA USA
D Tranel - Department of Neurology, Division of Behavioral Neurology and Cognitive Neuroscience University of Iowa College of Medicine Iowa City IA USA
A Bechara - Department of Psychology University of Southern California Los Angeles CA USA
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Annals of behavioral medicine, Vol.37(2), pp.164-172
DOI: 10.1007/s12160-009-9094-7
PMID: 19350336
PMCID: PMC4028129
NLM abbreviation: Ann Behav Med
ISSN: 0883-6612
eISSN: 1532-4796
Publisher: Springer-Verlag; New York
Language: English
Date published: 04/2009
Academic Unit: Neurology; Marketing; Psychological and Brain Sciences; Iowa Neuroscience Institute
Record Identifier: 9984002420002771

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