Socioemotional selectivity theory (SST) is a theory of life-span development grounded in the
uniquely human ability to monitor time. SST maintains that the approach of endings …

Highlights•Neural degradation and cognitive impairment cannot account for the positivity
effect.•Cognitive load reduces the positivity effect.•Constraints on time horizons produce the …

Since the turn of the twenty-first century, the psychology of emotion has grown to become its
own field of study. Because the study of emotion draws inspiration from areas of science …

Relative to younger adults, older adults tend to perform more poorly on tests of both free
recall and item recognition memory. The age difference in performance is typically larger for …

Age-related social selectivity is a process in which older humans reduce their number of
social partners to a subset of positive and emotionally fulfilling relationships. Although …

Healthy aging is accompanied by well-characterized shifts in memory systems: episodic
memory tends to decline with age while semantic memory remains relatively intact, with …

This cutting-edge, yet accessible book provides a complete and integrated assessment of
the role of emotions in a wide variety of cognitive functions. Including both empirical and …

Numerous studies have reported age-related differences in memory for emotional
information. One explanation places emphasis on an emotion processing preference in …

A positivity effect in attention (ie, an attentional bias in favor of positive over negative stimuli)
has been frequently reported in older adults. Based on the postulates of socioemotional …

The significant public health burden associated with late-life depression (LLD) is magnified
by the high rates of recurrence. In this manuscript, we review what is known about …