A child version of the Iowa Gambling task was used to explore the developmental and
gender differences in decision making of 4-year-olds (N= 141). The task required children to …

Decision-making over time is an important aspect of adaptive social functioning. The main
goal of this study was to investigate the development of this ability in young children. A …

A child version of the Iowa Gambling task was used to explore the development of decision-
making during the preschool period in two experiments. One hundred eighty-one children …

Future-oriented decision-making is an important adaptive behavior. In the present study, we
examined whether decision-making varies as a function of socioeconomic status (SES) …

In adolescence, externalized problems such as risk taking and antisocial behavior are more
frequent in boys. This suggests that there are differences in the way boys and girls evaluate …

Contemporary perspectives on age differences in risk taking, informed by advances in
developmental neuroscience, have emphasized the need to examine the ways in which …

Adaptive decision-making strategies are critical for dealing with the complexity of the social
world. The present study investigated the use of decision-making strategies in preschoolers …

Research suggests a pattern of moderate early exploration (shifting from deck to deck)
followed by exploitation (consistent choice from advantageous decks) characterizes good …

Many researchers have used the standard Iowa Gambling Task (IGT) to assess decision-
making in adolescence given increased risk-taking during this developmental period. Most …

Development of affective decision-making was studied in 48 children at two ages (3 and 4
years) using a simplified version of the Iowa Gambling Task (Bechara, Damasio, Damasio, & …