Is there an age-related positivity effect in visual attention? A comparison of two methodologies
Is there an age-related positivity effect in visual attention? A comparison of two methodologies
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DOI：
10.1037/1528-3542.6.3.511
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发表时间：
2006-08-01
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4.2
通讯作者：
Wilson, Hugh R.
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作者：
Isaacowitz, Derek M.;Wadlinger, Heather A.;Wilson, Hugh R.
研究表明，情感材料对老年人的记忆有积极影响，但来自注意力领域的证据喜忧参半。这项研究结合了两种方法来研究年轻人和老年人在观看人造情绪面孔时在视觉注意、眼球跟踪和点探测方面的偏好。眼神跟踪最一致地显示了老年人注意力的积极效应，因此老年人优先关注快乐的面孔，而不是悲伤的面孔。点探头的结果不那么稳健，但方向相同。讨论了社会情绪老化研究的方法论和理论意义。
Research suggests a positivity effect in older adults' memory for emotional material, but the evidence from the attentional domain is mixed. The present study combined 2 methodologies for studying preferences in visual attention, eye tracking, and dot-probe, as younger and older adults viewed synthetic emotional faces. Eye tracking most consistently revealed a positivity effect in older adults' attention, so that older adults showed preferential looking toward happy faces and away from sad faces. Dot-probe results were less robust, but in the same direction. Methodological and theoretical implications for the study of socioemotional aging are discussed.