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 …

Previous research has not led to any agreement as to the normative trajectory of relationship
satisfaction. In this systematic review and meta-analysis, we summarize the available …

The COVID-19 pandemic is creating unprecedented, sustained, and unavoidable stress for
the entire population, and older people are facing particularly heightened risk of contracting …

As immersive virtual reality (IVR) systems proliferate in classrooms, it is important to
understand how they affect learning outcomes and the underlying affective and cognitive …

Older adults report surprisingly positive affective experience. The idea that older adults are
better at emotion regulation has emerged as an intuitively appealing explanation for why …

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

In contrast to long-held axioms of old age as a time of “doom and gloom,” mounting
evidence indicates an age-related positivity effect in attention and memory. However …

The role of peripheral physiology in the experience of emotion has been debated since the
19th century following the seminal proposal by William James that somatic responses to …

The authors examined associations between marital quality and both general life
satisfaction and experienced (momentary) well‐being among older husbands and wives, the …

Event-related potentials (ERPs) have been used for decades to study perception, cognition,
emotion, neurological and psychiatric disorders, and lifespan development. ERPs consist of …