Age-related changes in ongoing thought relate to external context and individual cognition

被引:7
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作者
Turnbull, Adam [1 ,2 ]
Poerio, Giulia L. [3 ]
Ho, Nerissa S. P. [4 ]
Martinon, Lea M. [5 ]
Riby, Leigh M. [6 ]
Lin, Feng, V [7 ]
Jefferies, Elizabeth [8 ]
Smallwood, Jonathan [9 ]
机构
[1] Univ Rochester, Sch Nursing, Med Ctr, Rochester, NY 14642 USA
[2] Univ Rochester, Dept Imaging Sci, Rochester, NY 14642 USA
[3] Univ Essex, Dept Psychol, Colchester, Essex, England
[4] Univ Plymouth, Sch Psychol, Plymouth, Devon, England
[5] Univ Clermont Auvergne, LAPSCO CNRS UMR 6024, Clermont Ferrand, France
[6] Northumbria Univ, Dept Psychol, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear, England
[7] Stanford Univ, Wu Tsai Neurosci Inst, Stanford, CA USA
[8] Univ York, Dept Psychol, York, N Yorkshire, England
[9] Queens Univ, Dept Psychol, Kingston, ON, Canada
基金
欧盟地平线“2020”; 欧洲研究理事会;
关键词
Mind wandering; Ongoing thought; Aging; Everyday cognition; WORKING-MEMORY CAPACITY; EXECUTIVE CONTROL; AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MEMORY; EPISODIC SIMULATION; EVERYDAY LIFE; MIND WANDERS; TASK; FREQUENCY; YOUNG; ATTENTION;
D O I
10.1016/j.concog.2021.103226
中图分类号
B84 [心理学];
学科分类号
04 ; 0402 ;
摘要
Understanding how age-related changes in cognition manifest in the real world is an important goal. One means of capturing these changes involves "experience sampling" participant's selfreported thoughts. Research has shown age-related changes in ongoing thought: e.g., older adults have fewer thoughts unrelated to the here-and-now. However, it is currently unclear how these changes reflect cognitive aging or lifestyle changes. 78 younger adults and 35 older adults rated their thought contents along 20 dimensions and the difficulty of their current activity in their daily lives. They also performed cognitive tasks in the laboratory. In a set of exploratory analyses, we found that older adults spent more time thinking positive, wanted thoughts, particularly in demanding contexts, and less time mind wandering about their future selves. Pastrelated thought related to episodic memory differently in older and younger adults. These findings inform the use of experience sampling to understand cognitive aging.
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