Applying ecologically valid approaches to social cognitive ageing

社会功能是幸福的关键预测因素，特别是在老年人中。该项目旨在研究为有效社会功能奠定基础的重要社会认知能力如何受到正常成年人老龄化的影响。这个项目将使用尖端的实验技术来调查，第一次，老化如何改变我们的能力，在真实的时间社会交往中，无论是在实验室内外，在视觉上关注和理解他人的情感信息。预期成果包括对老年人如何驾驭社会互动的新知识，有可能为改善澳大利亚老年人的社会福祉奠定基础。

Social functioning is a critical predictor of wellbeing, particularly in older age. This project aims to investigate how important social cognitive capacities, that lay the foundation for effective social functioning, are impacted by normal adult ageing. This project will use cutting edge experimental techniques to investigate, for the first time, how ageing alters our capacity to visually attend and understand emotional information in others during real time social interactions, both in and out of the laboratory. Expected outcomes include new knowledge of how older adults navigate social interactions, with potential to lay a foundation for improving social wellbeing in older Australians.