Selective preference in visual fixation away from negative images in old age? An eye-tracking study
Selective preference in visual fixation away from negative images in old age? An eye-tracking study
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DOI：
10.1037/0882-7974.21.1.40
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发表时间：
2006-03-01
影响因子：
3.7
通讯作者：
Wilson, HR
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作者：
Isaacowitz, DM;Wadlinger, HA;Wilson, HR
最近的研究表明，老年人会选择性地忘记负面信息。然而，关于老年人注意力积极影响的研究结果却比较复杂。在当前的研究中，眼球追踪被用来近乎实时地记录视觉注视，以调查老年人对情感信息的视觉注意力是否表现出积极的影响。年轻人和老年人 (N = 64) 观看了成对的合成面孔，其中包括同一张脸，表情为非情感表达，以及 4 种情感表达（快乐、悲伤、愤怒或恐惧）中的一种。当个体观看面孔对时，记录注视模式。老年人表现出对快乐面孔的注意力偏好，而不是愤怒的面孔；年轻人表现出的唯一偏好是害怕的面孔。各年龄组的整体认知功能没有差异，这表明这些注意力差异是特定的、有动机的，而不是由于随年龄增长而产生的一般认知变化。
Recent studies have suggested that older individuals selectively forget negative information. However, findings on a positivity effect in the attention of older adults have been more mixed. In the current study, eye tracking was used to record visual fixation in nearly real-time to investigate whether older individuals show a positivity effect in their visual attention to emotional information. Young and old individuals (N = 64) viewed pairs of synthetic faces that included the same face in a nonemotional expression and in 1 of 4 emotional expressions (happiness, sadness, anger, or fear). Gaze patterns were recorded as individuals viewed the face pairs. Older adults showed an attentional preference toward happy faces and away from angry ones; the only preference shown by young adults was toward afraid faces. The age groups were not different in overall cognitive functioning, suggesting that these attentional differences are specific and motivated rather than due to general cognitive change with age.