Does Goal Orientation Modulate Satisfaction With Cognitive Performance in Different Age Groups?
Objectives The current experiment tested the causal effect of goal orientation on subjective satisfaction with performance on a cognitive task. Method A sample of N = 231 young, middle-aged, and older adults (21–79 years) completed a dot-memory task in one of 3 goal orientation conditions aiming for...
| Publicado en: | Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences & Social Sciences Vol. 77; no. 6; pp. 1063 - 1069 |
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Oxford University Press / USA
Jun2022
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