... tend to be predicted. This paper assesses adult age differences in the use of probabilistic information, using the laboratory task-settings of choice reaction time, simple prediction, and selective attending. In almost all situations the elderly are less influenced by event probabilities than...

..., University Hospital, Clermont-Ferrand, France Key Words Experimental pain W Aging W Choice reaction time Abstract Background: Experimental data on nociception in the elderly have so far been contradictory and most of these have been obtained using psychophysical methods with little attention paid...