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They Cannot, They Will Not, or We Are Asking the Wrong Questions: Re-examining Age-Related Decline in Social Cognition
Social cognition is critical for successfully navigating social relationships. Current evidence suggests that older adults exhibit poorer performance in several core social-cognitive domains compared to younger adults. Neurocognitive decline is commonly discussed as one of the key arbiters of age-re...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9131941/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35645861 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.894522 |
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author | Hamilton, Lucas J. Gourley, Amy N. Krendl, Anne C. |
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description | Social cognition is critical for successfully navigating social relationships. Current evidence suggests that older adults exhibit poorer performance in several core social-cognitive domains compared to younger adults. Neurocognitive decline is commonly discussed as one of the key arbiters of age-related decline in social-cognitive abilities. While evidence supports this notion, age effects are likely attributable to multiple factors. This paper aims to recontextualize past evidence by focusing issues of motivation, task design, and representative samples. In light of these issues, we identify directions for future research to aide our understanding of social-cognitive aging. |
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spelling | pubmed-91319412022-05-26 They Cannot, They Will Not, or We Are Asking the Wrong Questions: Re-examining Age-Related Decline in Social Cognition Hamilton, Lucas J. Gourley, Amy N. Krendl, Anne C. Front Psychol Psychology Social cognition is critical for successfully navigating social relationships. Current evidence suggests that older adults exhibit poorer performance in several core social-cognitive domains compared to younger adults. Neurocognitive decline is commonly discussed as one of the key arbiters of age-related decline in social-cognitive abilities. While evidence supports this notion, age effects are likely attributable to multiple factors. This paper aims to recontextualize past evidence by focusing issues of motivation, task design, and representative samples. In light of these issues, we identify directions for future research to aide our understanding of social-cognitive aging. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-05-11 /pmc/articles/PMC9131941/ /pubmed/35645861 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.894522 Text en Copyright © 2022 Hamilton, Gourley and Krendl. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Psychology Hamilton, Lucas J. Gourley, Amy N. Krendl, Anne C. They Cannot, They Will Not, or We Are Asking the Wrong Questions: Re-examining Age-Related Decline in Social Cognition |
title | They Cannot, They Will Not, or We Are Asking the Wrong Questions: Re-examining Age-Related Decline in Social Cognition |
title_full | They Cannot, They Will Not, or We Are Asking the Wrong Questions: Re-examining Age-Related Decline in Social Cognition |
title_fullStr | They Cannot, They Will Not, or We Are Asking the Wrong Questions: Re-examining Age-Related Decline in Social Cognition |
title_full_unstemmed | They Cannot, They Will Not, or We Are Asking the Wrong Questions: Re-examining Age-Related Decline in Social Cognition |
title_short | They Cannot, They Will Not, or We Are Asking the Wrong Questions: Re-examining Age-Related Decline in Social Cognition |
title_sort | they cannot, they will not, or we are asking the wrong questions: re-examining age-related decline in social cognition |
topic | Psychology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9131941/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35645861 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.894522 |
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