叙述的
心理学
情景记忆
发展心理学
认知心理学
年轻人
认知老化
编码(内存)
认知
神经科学
语言学
哲学
作者
Aleea L. Devitt,Daniel L. Schacter
出处
期刊:The Journals of Gerontology: Series B
[Oxford University Press]
日期:2019-04-05
卷期号:75 (9): 1831-1840
被引量:6
标识
DOI:10.1093/geronb/gbz041
摘要
Abstract Objectives When younger adults simulated positive future events, subsequent memory is positively biased. In the current studies, we explore age-related changes in the impact of emotional future simulation on subsequent memory. Methods In Experiment 1, younger and older adults simulated emotional future events before learning the hypothetical outcome of each event via narratives. Memory was assessed for emotional details contained in those narratives. In Experiment 2, a shorter temporal delay between simulation and narrative encoding was used to reduce decay of simulation memory over time. Results Future simulation did not bias subsequent memory for older adults in Experiment 1. However, older adults performed similar to younger adults in Experiment 2, with more liberal responses to positive information after positive simulation. Discussion The impact of an optimistic outlook on subsequent memory is reduced with age, which may be at least partly attributable to declining memory for future simulations over time. This work broadens our understanding of the functional consequences of age-related declines in episodic future simulation and adds to previous work showing reduced benefits of simulation with age on tasks tapping adaptive functions.
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