Changes in cognitive processes, personality, and physiological functioning associated with normative aging can affect decision-making capabilities, particularly under conditions of situational urgency. Those aspects of decision environments most likely to precipitate age-related performance decrements are discussed in terms of their potential for remedial human engineering.
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