Age Differences in Hindsight Bias: The Role of Episodic Memory and Inhibition.
Background/Study Context: After learning an event’s outcome, people’s recollection of their former prediction of that event shifts towards the actual outcome. This hindsight bias (HB) phenomenon tends to be stronger in older compared with younger adults; however, it is unclear whether age-related ch...
| Publicado en: | Experimental Aging Research Vol. 40; no. 3; pp. 357 - 375 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
May/Jun2014
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=103936911&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 103936911 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 0361073X 1HO jtl: Experimental Aging Research issn: 0361073X maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: May/Jun2014 vid: 40 iid: 3 pid: 377 pub: Taylor & Francis Ltd place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania artinfo: ui: 103936911 95832640 10.1080/0361073X.2014.896667 NLM24785595 103936911 ppf: 357 ppct: 18 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Age Differences in Hindsight Bias: The Role of Episodic Memory and Inhibition. aug: au: Coolin, Alisha Bernstein, Daniel M. Thornton, Allen E. Thornton, Wendy Loken affil: Department of Psychology, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada sug: subj: Age Factors Recall Bias Evaluation Memory Cognition Risk Factors Classification Human Funding Source Aged Young Adult Comparative Studies Experimental Studies British Columbia British Columbia Multiple Regression Descriptive Statistics Neuropsychological Tests Intelligence Tests Computer-Aided Design Correlational Studies Confidence Intervals Cross Sectional Studies British Columbia Aged: 65+ years ab: Background/Study Context: After learning an event’s outcome, people’s recollection of their former prediction of that event shifts towards the actual outcome. This hindsight bias (HB) phenomenon tends to be stronger in older compared with younger adults; however, it is unclear whether age-related changes in other cognitive abilities mediate this relationship. Methods: Sixty-four younger adults (Mage= 20.1; range = 18–25) and 60 community-dwelling older adults (Mage=72.5; range = 65–87) completed a memory design HB task. Two aspects of HB, its occurrence and magnitude, were examined. Multiple regression and mediation analyses were conducted to determine whether episodic memory and inhibition mediate age differences in the occurrence and magnitude of HB. Results: Older adults exhibited a greater occurrence and magnitude of HB as compared with younger adults. The present findings revealed that episodic memory and inhibition mediated age-related increases in HB occurrence. Conversely, neither cognitive ability mediated age-related increases in HB magnitude. Conclusion: Older adults’ susceptibility to the occurrence of HB is partly due to age-related declines in episodic memory and inhibition. Conversely, age differences in the magnitude of HB appear to be independent of episodic memory and inhibition. These findings have important implications for understanding the mechanisms by which susceptibility to HB changes across the adult life span. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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