Age differences in problem-solving style: the role of emotional salience

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Problem solving strategies adopted by adolescents, young, middle-aged and older adults confronted with situations varying in emotional salience were compared. Results showed that age differences in the choice of problem solving strategies were highly dependent on the degree of the situation's emotional salience. Subjects were more likely to resort to avoidant-denial strategy in low emotionally salient situation and passive dependent and cognitive analysis strategies in high emotionally salient situations. However, older subjects tended to subscribe to such strategies more often than younger subjects.

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Introduction to the special section on emotion-cognition interactions and the aging mind

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The varied research projects that examine how emotional factors influence cognitive performance in long-term memory, working memory, source memory, and social judgments are presented. It highlights the importance of increase in attention to emotion-cognition interactions in the aging mind.

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The differential effects of mood on age differences in corresponding bias

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The age-related differences in the correspondence bias were differentially influenced by induced mood. Findings are discussed in terms of how positive and negative moods operate differently in motivating young and older adults' attributional judgments.

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