Cognitive effort-based decision-making across experimental and daily life indices in younger and older adults.
Jennifer L CrawfordTammy EnglishTodd S BraverPublished in: The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences (2022)
Together, these results suggest that cognitive effort costs, as measured through behavioral choice patterns in a neuroeconomic decision-making task, can be used to predict and explain engagement in mentally demanding activities during daily life among both older and younger adults.