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| Title |
Foraging across the life span: is there a reduction in exploration with aging?
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| Published in |
Frontiers in Neuroscience, January 2013
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| DOI | 10.3389/fnins.2013.00053 |
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| Authors |
Rui Mata, Andreas Wilke, Uwe Czienskowski |
| Abstract |
Does foraging change across the life span, and in particular, with aging? We report data from two foraging tasks used to investigate age differences in search in external environments as well as internal search in memory. Overall, the evidence suggests that foraging behavior may undergo significant changes across the life span across internal and external search. In particular, we find evidence of a trend toward reduced exploration with increased age. We discuss these findings in light of theories that postulate a link between aging and reductions in novelty seeking and exploratory behavior. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 99 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 2 | 2% |
| France | 2 | 2% |
| United States | 1 | 1% |
| Israel | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 93 | 94% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 31 | 31% |
| Researcher | 10 | 10% |
| Student > Master | 10 | 10% |
| Student > Bachelor | 6 | 6% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 5 | 5% |
| Other | 22 | 22% |
| Unknown | 15 | 15% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 38 | 38% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 15 | 15% |
| Neuroscience | 6 | 6% |
| Computer Science | 3 | 3% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 2 | 2% |
| Other | 11 | 11% |
| Unknown | 24 | 24% |