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While several recent studies have demonstrated that political attitudes can influence human behaviour during the COVID-19 pandemic, few studies have examined its role in emotion and cognition. In the present study, we examined the effects of age and political attitudes on participants' judgment of memory clarity for events related to COVID-19 in a sample of 189 MTurk participants aged 18–72. Our results showed that adults over 50 years old rated their memory for the shelter-in-place order with higher clarity than the middle (aged 30–49) and young adult groups (aged 18–29). We also found that although political beliefs (e.g., liberal vs conservative) were well represented throughout the age range of our participants, political engagement increased with age. Multiple regression analysis showed that for adults aged 30–49, the self-reported importance of mask usage significantly predicted judgement of memory clarity. However, the judgement of memory clarity for older participants was significantly driven by the perceived realness and danger of COVID-19. Judgement of memory clarity did not differ based on political beliefs. Our results, therefore, suggest that metamemory for events related to the COVID-19 pandemic may be driven by different motivational factors based on age and political engagement but not political beliefs. |
