Aging and attention: Meaningfulness may be more important than valence.

Fung, Helene H.; Lu, Minjie; Isaacowitz, Derek M.

doi:10.1037/pag0000304

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“…In addition, the above condition differences only showed up when the negotiation partner was emotionally closer. This is consistent with our prior findings that socioemotional selectivity, for example, in the forms of selective attention toward emotional stimuli (Fung et al, 2019) or emotional reactions (Fung & You, 2011), is more likely to occur when individuals are interacting with a partner they care more about. This article is intended solely for the personal use of the individual user and is not to be disseminated broadly.…”

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“…In this study, we varied the social relationship between the participant and the negotiation partner (casual friend, close friend, and kin) to explore whether relationship closeness might moderate the age differences in visual attention in the conditions described above. Our prior findings found that older, but not younger, adults gazed more at the facial expressions of (Fung et al, 2019), and otherwise emotionally reacted more strongly to (Fung & You, 2011), emotionally close targets than nonclose targets, suggesting that relationship closeness may be a moderator of age differences in emotional reactions. We thus explored whether the perceived relationship closeness of the negotiation partner to the participant might be a moderator of the age differences in visual attention in the confrontation versus collaboration situations noted above.…”

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confidence: 82%

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The role of instrumentality of emotion in the age-related positivity effect.

Fung¹,

Lu²,

Ho³

2021

Emotion

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Prior literature has debated over whether the age-related positivity effect, defined as older adults showing a greater bias in cognitive processing for positively over negatively valenced information relative to younger adults, is goal-driven. This study attempted to directly address this debate by disentangling the influences of valence alone and the instrumentality of emotion on visual attention toward valenced stimuli. We reasoned that if the age-related positivity effect was goal-driven, it would be reversed, that is, older adults would pay more attention to anger-related than happiness-related stimuli when anger was made instrumental for the context. Eye-tracking findings generally support this hypothesis, suggesting that as we age, we selectively prioritize stimuli that are useful to us, not necessarily pleasant stimuli, in cognitive processing.

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Section: Exploring Relationship Closeness As a Moderatormentioning

confidence: 82%

The role of instrumentality of emotion in the age-related positivity effect.

Fung¹,

Lu²,

Ho³

2021

Emotion

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“…It is also quite interesting to see how eye tracking can reveal age-related changes of emotion [223]. Young adults have been shown to identify facial expressions better than elderly adults [224].…”

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Aging and Eye Tracking: in the Quest for Objective Biomarkers

Marandi

Gazerani

2019

Future Neurol.

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Recent applications of eye tracking for diagnosis, prognosis and follow-up of therapy in age-related neurological or psychological deficits have been reviewed. The review is focused on active aging, neurodegeneration and cognitive impairments. The potential impacts and current limitations of using characterizing features of eye movements and pupillary responses (oculometrics) as objective biomarkers in the context of aging are discussed. A closer look into the findings, especially with respect to cognitive impairments, suggests that eye tracking is an invaluable technique to study hidden aspects of aging that have not been revealed using any other noninvasive tool. Future research should involve a wider variety of oculometrics, in addition to saccadic metrics and pupillary responses, including nonlinear and combinatorial features as well as blink- and fixation-related metrics to develop biomarkers to trace age-related irregularities associated with cognitive and neural deficits.

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“…These findings seem to provide strong support for socioemotional selectivity theory (Carstensen et al 1999(Carstensen et al , 2000(Carstensen et al , 2003, which states that over time, people start to value the most important aspects of life, give them meaning, and are able to better regulate their own emotional states. Consequently, the higher focus of older adults on managing their emotions is associated with diminution in the frequency and duration of their negative emotions, such as anger (Fung et al 2019).…”

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The Loss of Self-Dignity and Anger among Polish Young Adults: The Moderating Role of Religiosity

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Does the way we think or feel about ourselves have an impact on our anger-based reactions? Is the direction and strength of this relationship direct, or affected by other factors as well? Given that there is a lack of research on the loss of self-dignity and anger, the first aim of the present study consisted in examining whether or not there is a connection between both variables, with particular emphasis on early adulthood. The second purpose was to explore the moderating role of religiosity on the relationship between loss of self-dignity and anger. Methods: Data were gathered from 462 participants aged 18 to 35. The main methods applied were the Questionnaire of Sense of Self-Dignity, Buss–Perry Aggression Questionnaire, and Religious Meaning System Questionnaire. The results show a statistically significant positive correlation between loss of self-dignity and anger, a negative correlation between religiosity and anger, and no significant association between the loss of self-dignity and religiosity. However, all other dimensions of the sense of self-dignity correlated positively with religiosity. Our findings also confirm that the level of anger resulting from the loss of self-dignity is significantly lower as the level of religiosity increases. Such outcomes seem to support the conception that religiosity may act as a protective factor between the risk (loss of self-dignity) and the outcome factor (anger).

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Aging and attention: Meaningfulness may be more important than valence.

Cited by 19 publications

References 31 publications

The role of instrumentality of emotion in the age-related positivity effect.

The role of instrumentality of emotion in the age-related positivity effect.

Aging and Eye Tracking: in the Quest for Objective Biomarkers

The Loss of Self-Dignity and Anger among Polish Young Adults: The Moderating Role of Religiosity

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