The preserved role of emotion prediction errors across adulthood.
Objectives This study examined the role of emotion and reward prediction errors in social decision-making across adulthood and into older age. Specifically, it tested the hypotheses that valence emotion prediction errors—violations between expected and experienced valence of an experience or outcome...
| Publicado en: | Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences & Social Sciences Vol. 81; no. 8; pp. 1 - 9 |
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=195931916&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 195931916 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 10795014 JGB jtl: Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences & Social Sciences issn: 10795014 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Aug2026 vid: 81 iid: 8 pid: 622 pub: Oxford University Press / USA artinfo: ui: 195931916 10.1093/geronb/gbag096 ppf: 1 ppct: 8 formats: tig: atl: The preserved role of emotion prediction errors across adulthood. aug: au: Frank, Colleen C Seaman, Kendra L affil: Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States Center for Vital Longevity, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas, United StatesPsychology Department, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas, United States su: Emotions Decision making Age distribution Reward (Psychology) Social skills Aging Statistical power analysis Logistic regression analysis Multiple regression analysis Descriptive statistics Odds ratio sug: subj: Emotions Decision making Age distribution Reward (Psychology) Social skills Aging Statistical power analysis Logistic regression analysis Multiple regression analysis Descriptive statistics Odds ratio keyword: adult Affective neuroscience aged arousal choice behavior copyrightHolder:The Gerontological Society of America copyrightYear:2026 decision making Decision neuroscience Emotional processing emotions https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbag096 inLanguage:en life span neuroscience publisher:Oxford University Press reward Reward prediction error sameAs:https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42244116/ Social decision making valence (atomic) adult Affective neuroscience aged arousal choice behavior copyrightHolder:The Gerontological Society of America copyrightYear:2026 decision making Decision neuroscience Emotional processing emotions https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbag096 inLanguage:en life span neuroscience publisher:Oxford University Press reward Reward prediction error sameAs:https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42244116/ Social decision making valence (atomic) ab: Objectives This study examined the role of emotion and reward prediction errors in social decision-making across adulthood and into older age. Specifically, it tested the hypotheses that valence emotion prediction errors—violations between expected and experienced valence of an experience or outcome—played a stronger role than reward prediction errors in punitive choices and that this relationship varies by age. Methods In a preregistered, online study, 272 participants aged 25–85 played the Ultimatum Game with computerized, age-matched partners. Participants predicted and reported their emotional responses (valence and arousal) to each offer. We used a mixed-effects logistic regression to examine the impact of valence, arousal, and reward prediction errors on punitive decisions, including interactions with age. We also examined how prediction error magnitude varied with age. Results Valence prediction errors were significantly more predictive than reward prediction errors of punitive social decisions, regardless of age. Additionally, older age was associated with larger emotion prediction errors, resulting from expectations of a fair offer that also increases with age. Discussion The consistency of valence effects across age groups suggests robust affective mechanisms underlying choice behavior across the lifespan. Furthermore, the age-related increase in emotion prediction error magnitude may reflect age-related shifts in anticipating experiences that rely on the actions of others. This research offers new insight into affective decision-making models and underscores the importance of emotional expectation violations in understanding behavior throughout the adult lifespan. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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