Effect of situation similarity on younger and older adults’ episodic simulation of helping behaviours

• Published in: Scientific reports Vol. 13; no. 1; pp. 9167 - 10
• Main Authors: Ryan, A. Dawn, Smitko, Ronald, Campbell, Karen L.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 06.06.2023; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 631/378/2612; 631/378/2649/1749; Aged; Aging; Cognition; Cognitive ability; Emotions; Helping Behavior; Humanities and Social Sciences; Humans; Imagination; Memory, Episodic; Mental Recall; multidisciplinary; Older people; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Simulation

Similar cognitive processes enable us to remember the past (i.e., episodic memory) and simulate future events (i.e., episodic simulation). In the current study, we demonstrate an important role for previous experience when younger and older adults simulate future behaviours. Participants read short...