Age and Framing Effects in the Balloon Analogue Risk Task.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Prior research has documented age differences in risky decisions and indicates that they are susceptible to gain versus loss framing. However, previous studies focused on "decisions from description" that explicitly spell out the probabilities involved. The present study expands this literature by examining the effects of framing on age differences in the Balloon Analogue Risk Task (BART), a widely used and ecologically valid measure of experience-based risky decision making that involves pumping a virtual balloon.

Methods

In a preregistered study, younger (aged 18-30, n = 129) and older adults (aged 60 and older, n = 125) were randomly assigned to either a gain version of the BART, where pumping the balloon added monetary gains, or a loss version, where pumping t

SUBMITTER: Schulman AT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9535780 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature