Poor Decision Making Is a Consequence of Cognitive Decline among Older Persons without Alzheimer’s Disease or Mild Cognitive Impairment

Patricia A. Boyle; Lei Yu; Robert S. Wilson; Keith Gamble; Aron S. Buchman; David A. Bennett

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0043647

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Poor Decision Making Is a Consequence of Cognitive Decline among Older Persons without Alzheimer’s Disease or Mild Cognitive Impairment

Patricia A. Boyle ,

* E-mail: Patricia_Boyle@Rush.edu

Affiliations Rush Alzheimer’s Disease Center, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, Department of Behavioral Sciences, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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Lei Yu,

Affiliations Rush Alzheimer’s Disease Center, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, Department of Neurological Sciences, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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Robert S. Wilson,

Affiliations Rush Alzheimer’s Disease Center, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, Department of Neurological Sciences, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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Keith Gamble,

Affiliations Rush Alzheimer’s Disease Center, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, Department of Finance, DePaul University, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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Aron S. Buchman,

Affiliations Rush Alzheimer’s Disease Center, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, Department of Neurological Sciences, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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David A. Bennett

Affiliations Rush Alzheimer’s Disease Center, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, Department of Neurological Sciences, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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Poor Decision Making Is a Consequence of Cognitive Decline among Older Persons without Alzheimer’s Disease or Mild Cognitive Impairment

Patricia A. Boyle,
Lei Yu,
Robert S. Wilson,
Keith Gamble,
Aron S. Buchman,
David A. Bennett

Published: August 20, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0043647

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