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An Experimental Paradigm for Measuring the Effects of Ageing on Sentence Processing
Published on: October 25, 2019
The aging effect in deeper-level processing of emotion words
Meng Jiang1, Daiyue Qu2, Qi Luo2
1College of Language Intelligence (College of General Education)/Language & Brain Research Center, Sichuan International Studies University, Chongqing, China; Chongqing Shapingba District International Joint Institute of Brain Computer Language Interface, Chongqing, China.
Abstract:
It remains uncertain, both theoretically and empirically, whether older adults undergo age-related decline in the capability to process emotion words. By employing a valence judgment task with two subtypes of appraisal emotion words, namely, sensory-quality appraisal emotion words and intrinsic-quality appraisal emotion words, matched with positive or negative valence, the present study undertook an investigation into this issue. It was found that aging effect did occur. Older adults exhibited a general slowing in processing speed, and they also showed a significantly stronger processing advantage towards positivity words relative to young adults.
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