Does the Effort of Processing Potential Incentives Influence the Adaption of Context Updating in Older Adults?

A number of aging studies suggest that older adults process positive and negative information differently. For instance, the socioemotional selectivity theory postulates that older adults preferably process positive information in service of emotional well-being (Reed and Carstensen, 2012). Moreover...

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Main Authors: Hannah Schmitt, Jutta Kray, Nicola K. Ferdinand
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01969/full