Cognitive and emotional factors influencing the incorporation of advice into decision-making across the adult lifespan.
Tarren LeonGabrielle WeidemannIan I KneebonePhoebe E BaileyPublished in: The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences (2024)
The study contributes to the sparse literature on advice-taking in older age. Cognitive and emotional factors influence the degree to which advice is incorporated into decision-making in consistent ways across the adult lifespan. A key difference is that older adults take as much advice as younger adults despite perceiving the advice to be less accurate.