Age-related changes in implicit emotion processing

Rosa Manenti, Michela Brambilla, Maria Cotelli*

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Abstract

The aim of the present study was to compare the performance of older and younger adults on an emotional priming task. Moreover, a nonemotional priming paradigm was used as a control task to disentangle age-related changes due to emotional processing difficulties from modifications due to a decline of executive inhibitory control abilities. Twenty-two young and 22 older healthy participants completed an emotional priming task and a nonemotional priming task. In the older adult group, reaction times in the emotional priming paradigm were not influenced by any of the prime conditions, whereas both groups exhibited similar facilitation effects induced by the congruent prime in the nonemotional task. The selective lack of an emotional priming effect in older adults shown in this preliminary report suggests that aging-induced changes in the ability to recognize emotions implicitly are directly dependent on emotional processing difficulties and not due to a general age-related modification of cognitive processes.
Lingua originaleInglese
pagine (da-a)86-104
Numero di pagine19
RivistaNEUROPSYCHOLOGY, DEVELOPMENT, AND COGNITION. SECTION B, AGING, NEUROPSYCHOLOGY AND COGNITION
Volume26
Numero di pubblicazione1
DOI
Stato di pubblicazionePubblicato - 2019
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All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Neuropsicologia e Psicologia Fisiologica
  • Psicologia Sperimentale e Cognitiva
  • Geriatria e Gerontologia
  • Psichiatria e Salute Mentale

Keywords

  • anger
  • cognition
  • emotion
  • happiness
  • priming

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