Exploring the Relationship between Emotional Valence and Prospective Memory Metamemory in Younger and Older Adults
Prospective memory (PM) plays a crucial role in daily autonomy. Metamemory and emotional valence have both been shown to influence PM performance in younger and older adults. However, when considered together, the relationship between emotional valence, metamemory, and PM has not been examined yet,...
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| author | Chloé Da Silva Coelho Alexandra Hering Sascha Zuber Giulia Spurio Patrizia Silvia Bisiacchi Matthias Kliegel |
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| description | Prospective memory (PM) plays a crucial role in daily autonomy. Metamemory and emotional valence have both been shown to influence PM performance in younger and older adults. However, when considered together, the relationship between emotional valence, metamemory, and PM has not been examined yet, especially whether metamemory PM representations develop with task experience (i.e., before versus after performing a task). We collected data from 25 younger and 19 older adults using an event-based PM task with emotional cues (positive, negative, or neutral). Results revealed that younger adults’ predictions underestimated performance for neutral and negative cues. After performing the task, they showed more accurate representations for neutral cues, indicating that they monitored their representations. Older adults’ predictions overestimated performance for negative PM cues, and they did not modify representations after performing the task. Thus, we do not find evidence that older adults are able to coherently monitor their PM representations. These findings highlight the importance of understanding PM representations, especially in older adults, as they may lead to less strategy use and more impaired PM performance in negative everyday situations. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-572650144cde44bcbb2a12836f30e6422023-12-22T14:16:39ZengMDPI AGJournal of Ageing and Longevity2673-92592023-12-013450752210.3390/jal3040024Exploring the Relationship between Emotional Valence and Prospective Memory Metamemory in Younger and Older AdultsChloé Da Silva Coelho0Alexandra Hering1Sascha Zuber2Giulia Spurio3Patrizia Silvia Bisiacchi4Matthias Kliegel5Centre for the Interdisciplinary Study of Gerontology and Vulnerability, University of Geneva, 1205 Geneva, SwitzerlandCentre for the Interdisciplinary Study of Gerontology and Vulnerability, University of Geneva, 1205 Geneva, SwitzerlandCentre for the Interdisciplinary Study of Gerontology and Vulnerability, University of Geneva, 1205 Geneva, SwitzerlandDepartment of General Psychology, University of Padua, 35122 Padova, ItalyDepartment of General Psychology, University of Padua, 35122 Padova, ItalyCentre for the Interdisciplinary Study of Gerontology and Vulnerability, University of Geneva, 1205 Geneva, SwitzerlandProspective memory (PM) plays a crucial role in daily autonomy. Metamemory and emotional valence have both been shown to influence PM performance in younger and older adults. However, when considered together, the relationship between emotional valence, metamemory, and PM has not been examined yet, especially whether metamemory PM representations develop with task experience (i.e., before versus after performing a task). We collected data from 25 younger and 19 older adults using an event-based PM task with emotional cues (positive, negative, or neutral). Results revealed that younger adults’ predictions underestimated performance for neutral and negative cues. After performing the task, they showed more accurate representations for neutral cues, indicating that they monitored their representations. Older adults’ predictions overestimated performance for negative PM cues, and they did not modify representations after performing the task. Thus, we do not find evidence that older adults are able to coherently monitor their PM representations. These findings highlight the importance of understanding PM representations, especially in older adults, as they may lead to less strategy use and more impaired PM performance in negative everyday situations.https://www.mdpi.com/2673-9259/3/4/24prospective memoryemotionsmetamemoryagingmemory |
| spellingShingle | Chloé Da Silva Coelho Alexandra Hering Sascha Zuber Giulia Spurio Patrizia Silvia Bisiacchi Matthias Kliegel Exploring the Relationship between Emotional Valence and Prospective Memory Metamemory in Younger and Older Adults Journal of Ageing and Longevity prospective memory emotions metamemory aging memory |
| title | Exploring the Relationship between Emotional Valence and Prospective Memory Metamemory in Younger and Older Adults |
| title_full | Exploring the Relationship between Emotional Valence and Prospective Memory Metamemory in Younger and Older Adults |
| title_fullStr | Exploring the Relationship between Emotional Valence and Prospective Memory Metamemory in Younger and Older Adults |
| title_full_unstemmed | Exploring the Relationship between Emotional Valence and Prospective Memory Metamemory in Younger and Older Adults |
| title_short | Exploring the Relationship between Emotional Valence and Prospective Memory Metamemory in Younger and Older Adults |
| title_sort | exploring the relationship between emotional valence and prospective memory metamemory in younger and older adults |
| topic | prospective memory emotions metamemory aging memory |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2673-9259/3/4/24 |
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