Aging and emotional memory: The forgettable nature of negative images for older adults
Aging and emotional memory: The forgettable nature of negative images for older adults
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DOI：
10.1037/0096-3445.132.2.310
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发表时间：
2003-06-01
影响因子：
4.1
通讯作者：
Carstensen, LL
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作者：
Charles, ST;Mather, M;Carstensen, LL
两项研究考察了年龄差异的回忆和识别记忆的积极，消极和中性刺激。在研究1中，年轻人、中年人和老年人在电脑屏幕上看到图像，在完成分散注意力的任务后，首先被要求尽可能多地回忆起图像，然后从一组旧图像中识别出之前显示的图像。和新的。与积极和中性图像相比，消极图像的相对数量随着年龄的增长而减少。再认记忆表现出类似的下降，随着年龄的相对记忆优势的负面图片。在研究2中，回忆和识别准确率的最大年龄差异也是针对负面图像。研究结果与社会情绪选择性理论相一致，该理论认为随着年龄的增长，情绪调节的投资会增加。
Two studies examined age differences in recall and recognition memory for positive, negative, and neutral stimuli. In Study 1, younger, middle-aged, and older adults were shown images on a computer screen and, after a distraction task, were asked first to recall as many as they could and then to identify previously shown images from a set of old and new ones. The relative number of negative images compared with positive and neutral images recalled decreased with each successively older age group. Recognition memory showed a similar decrease with age in the relative memory advantage for negative pictures. In Study 2, the largest age differences in recall and recognition accuracy were also for the negative images. Findings are consistent with socioemotional selectivity theory, which posits greater investment in emotion regulation with age.