Reduced facial reactivity as a contributor to preserved emotion regulation in older adults
| Autor: | Julie D. Henry, Peter G. Rendell, Gill Terrett, David J. Pedder, Phoebe E. Bailey, Ted Ruffman |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Male Aging Social Psychology emotional regulation Emotions 1701 Psychology 1702 Cognitive Sciences facial expressions age differences 050105 experimental psychology Developmental psychology Young Adult 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Memory medicine Humans Attention 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Young adult Reactivity (psychology) Expressive Suppression Aged Aged 80 and over Facial expression Recall Electromyography 05 social sciences Age Factors Experimental Psychology Cognition Middle Aged Facial Expression Facial muscles medicine.anatomical_structure Face Female Geriatrics and Gerontology Psychology Facial electromyography Photic Stimulation 030217 neurology & neurosurgery |
| Zdroj: | Psychology and Aging. 31:114-125 |
| ISSN: | 1939-1498 0882-7974 |
| DOI: | 10.1037/a0039985 |
| Popis: | This study investigated whether differences in the type of strategy used, or age-related differences in intensity of facial reactivity, might contribute to preserved emotion regulation ability in older adults. Young (n = 35) and older (n = 33) adults were instructed to regulate their emotion to positive and negative pictures under 3 conditions (watch, expressive suppression, cognitive ‘detached’ reappraisal). Participants were objectively monitored using facial electromyography (EMG) and assessed on memory performance. Both age groups were effectively, and equivalently, able to reduce their facial expressions. In relation to facial reactivity, the percentage increase of older adults’ facial muscle EMG activity in the watch condition was significantly reduced relative to young adults. Recall of pictures following regulation was similar to the watch condition, and there was no difference in memory performance between the 2 regulation strategies for both groups. These findings do not support the proposal that the type of strategy used explains preserved emotion regulation ability in older adults. Coupled with the lack of memory costs following regulation, these data instead are more consistent with the suggestion that older adults may retain emotion regulation capacity partly because they exhibit less facial reactivity to begin with. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved) |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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