Effects of Emotion and Age on Cognitive Control in a Stroop Task
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Research indicates that cognitive control is affected by aging and by emotion. However, no studies have addressed whether performance in an emotional Stroop task varies in older relative to younger adults. We examined the effect of aging in a classic Stroop color-naming task (Experiment 1) and in an emotional Stroop task using faces (Experiment 2). Results suggest that aging is associated with changes in cognitive control but that older adults benefit more than younger adults from positive information in an emotional Stroop paradigm.
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