. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Jun 1.

Published in final edited form as: Psychol Aging. 2010 Jun;25(2):251–261. doi: 10.1037/a0018856

Table 3.

Proportion of Participants Selecting Optimal Choice

Information Condition	Age Group	Thought Condition	All participants (n)	Accurate participants (n)	Inaccurate participants (n)
Intuitive	Young	Unconscious	.72^* (32)	.72^* (18)	.71^* (14)
		Conscious	.62^* (29)	.67^* (18)	.55^* (11)
	Old	Unconscious	.47^* (36)	.50^a (12)	.43^a (21)
		Conscious	.46^* (39)	.44^a (16)	.52^* (21)

Deliberative	Young	Unconscious	.41^a (32)	.61^* (18)	.14 (14)
		Conscious	.50^* (30)	.83^* (18)	.00^* (12)
	Old	Unconscious	.28 (36)	.33 (12)	.24 (21)
		Conscious	.38^a (39)	.62^* (16)	.19 (21)

Note. Significance indicates performance above chance (.25) as determined by binomial tests.

p < .05

p < .10