Age-related differences in recall for words using semantics and prosody

The positivity effect is a developmental shift seen in older adults to be increasingly influenced by positive information in areas such as memory, attention, and decision-making. This study is the first to examine the age-related differences of the positivity effect for emotional prosody. Participan...

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Published inThe Journal of general psychology Vol. 143; no. 1; pp. 67 - 77
Main Authors Sober, Jonathan D., VanWormer, Lisa A., Arruda, James E.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Psychology Press 02.01.2016
Taylor & Francis Inc
Subjects
Adolescent
Age differences
Age Factors
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Aging
communication
Decision making
Emotions
Female
Humans
Male
Memory
Mental Recall
Middle Aged
Older people
Phonetics
positivity effect
prosody
Recall
Semantics
Verbal Learning
Vocabulary
Young Adult
Aging
prosody
positivity effect
semantics
communication
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Summary:The positivity effect is a developmental shift seen in older adults to be increasingly influenced by positive information in areas such as memory, attention, and decision-making. This study is the first to examine the age-related differences of the positivity effect for emotional prosody. Participants heard a factorial combination of words that were semantically positive or negative said with either positive or negative intonation. Results showed a semantic positivity effect for older adults, and a prosody positivity effect for younger adults. Additionally, older adults showed a significant decrease in recall for semantically negative words said in an incongruent prosodically positive tone.
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ISSN:0022-1309
1940-0888
DOI:10.1080/00221309.2015.1073138