Attentional bias and emotion in older adults: Age-related differences in responses to an emotional Stroop task

• Authors: Magdalena Dunajska , Anna Szymanik , Janusz Trempała
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

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The purpose of the study was to examine whether older adults show an emotional interference effect in a Stroop task, and whether their RTs differ with regard to age, gender and tendencies of mood regulation (to improvement and/or deterioration). The sample consisted of 60 participants at the age from 65 to 85. Emotional version of Stroop task and the Mood Regulation Scales were used. The results showed no significant differences in RTs to emotional and neutral words. Unexpectedly, a speeding effect was observed with the age of women. It appeared also that the effect of mood regulation tendencies was not significant for RTs. The last two effects are not consistent with the literature on cognitive and emotional aging.

Keywords

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Stroop task; emotional interference; older adults; emotional regulation

• Publisher: Committee for Psychological Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Polish Psychological Bulletin
• Year: 2012
• Volume: 43
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 86-92

Contributors

author

Magdalena Dunajska

author

Anna Szymanik

• Institute of Psychology, Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, PL-85 867 Bydgoszcz, Poland

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Janusz Trempała

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/v10059-012-0014-5