title: Developmental and gender differences in future-oriented decision-making during the preschool period.
abstract: 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 choose between two decks: a deck with higher immediate rewards and a deck with higher future rewards. Developmental differences between young (4.0-4.5) and older (4.6-4.11) children were found, with older 4-year-olds choosing more from the deck with higher future rewards. Gender differences were found for decision-making strategy. It is suggested that these differences in approaches might account for the pattern of gender differences found in past research.
authors.affiliation: Autism Research Centre, Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia, Canada. nancy.garon@iwk.nshealth.ca
authors.forename: Nancy
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Garon
authors.forename: Chris
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Moore
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001364:Awareness / Q000502:physiology; D002652:Child Behavior / Q000523:psychology; D002657:Child Development / Q000502:physiology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002755:Choice Behavior / Q000502:physiology; D003657:Decision Making / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012201:Reward; D012737:Sex Factors; D013647:Task Performance and Analysis; D013997:Time Factors