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Age-related differences in recall for words using semantics and prosody.

Jonathan D Sober¹, Lisa A VanWormer¹, James E Arruda¹

¹a University of West Florida.

The Journal of General Psychology

|January 21, 2016

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Older adults favor positive information, but younger adults show a "prosody positivity effect" with vocal tone. Older adults recalled negative words less when paired with a positive tone.

Keywords:

Aging communication positivity effect prosody semantics

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Background:

The positivity effect describes older adults' tendency to focus on positive information.
This effect influences memory, attention, and decision-making in aging populations.
Previous research has not explored the positivity effect in relation to emotional prosody.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate age-related differences in the positivity effect concerning emotional prosody.
To determine how semantic content and vocal intonation interact in memory recall across age groups.

Main Methods:

Participants heard words with positive or negative semantic content delivered in positive or negative tones.
A factorial design combined semantic valence and prosodic intonation.
Memory recall was assessed for the presented stimuli.

Main Results:

Older adults exhibited a semantic positivity effect, prioritizing positive word meanings.
Younger adults demonstrated a prosody positivity effect, influenced by vocal tone.
Older adults showed reduced recall for negative words when presented with incongruent positive prosody.

Conclusions:

Age modulates the positivity effect, with older adults focusing on semantic content and younger adults on prosody.
Emotional prosody interacts with semantic meaning, impacting memory recall differently across age groups.
The findings highlight distinct age-related processing strategies for emotional information.