TY - JOUR
T1 - Emotion matters
T2 - The influence of valence on episodic future thinking in young and older adults
AU - Acevedo-Molina, Mónica C.
AU - Novak, Alexandra W.
AU - Gregoire, Lise Anne M.
AU - Mann, Leah G.
AU - Andrews-Hanna, Jessica R.
AU - Grilli, Matthew D.
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors would like to thank the Graduate and Professional Student Council of the University of Arizona for awarding a Research and Project (ReaP) Grant to MAM, which was used to fund this study. The first author would also like to thank Jack-Morgan Mizell for help with data visualization.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 Elsevier Inc.
PY - 2020/10
Y1 - 2020/10
N2 - In young adults, valence not only alters the degree to which future events are imagined in rich episodic detail, but also how memorable these events are later on. For older adults, how valence influences episodic detail generation while imagining future events, or recalling these details at another time, remains unclear. We investigated the effect of valence on the specificity and memorability of episodic future thinking (EFT) in young and older adults. Among young and older adults, negative EFT was accompanied by less episodic detail generation relative to positive and neutral EFT. A similar reduction in episodic specificity for negative EFT was found two days later when participants recalled their previously imagined events. Notably, while older adults generated less episodically specific future thoughts relative to young adults, age did not influence the effect of valence on episodic detail generation at imagination or recollection.
AB - In young adults, valence not only alters the degree to which future events are imagined in rich episodic detail, but also how memorable these events are later on. For older adults, how valence influences episodic detail generation while imagining future events, or recalling these details at another time, remains unclear. We investigated the effect of valence on the specificity and memorability of episodic future thinking (EFT) in young and older adults. Among young and older adults, negative EFT was accompanied by less episodic detail generation relative to positive and neutral EFT. A similar reduction in episodic specificity for negative EFT was found two days later when participants recalled their previously imagined events. Notably, while older adults generated less episodically specific future thoughts relative to young adults, age did not influence the effect of valence on episodic detail generation at imagination or recollection.
KW - Aging
KW - Emotion
KW - Episodic future thinking
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U2 - 10.1016/j.concog.2020.103023
DO - 10.1016/j.concog.2020.103023
M3 - Article
C2 - 32979619
AN - SCOPUS:85091217463
SN - 1053-8100
VL - 85
JO - Consciousness and Cognition
JF - Consciousness and Cognition
M1 - 103023
ER -