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Cognitive Control in Young and Older Adults: Does Mood Matter?
| Content Provider | MDPI |
|---|---|
| Author | Truong, Linda Kandasamy, Kesaan Yang, Lixia |
| Copyright Year | 2021 |
| Description | The dual mechanisms of control framework (DMC) proposes two modes of cognitive control: proactive and reactive control. In anticipation of an interference event, young adults primarily use a more proactive control mode, whereas older adults tend to use a more reactive one during the event, due to age-related deficits in working memory. The current study aimed to examine the effects of mood induction on cognitive control mode in older (ages 65+) compared to young adults (ages 18–30) with a standard letter-cue (Experiment 1) and a modified face-cue AX-CPT (Experiment 2). Mood induction into negative and/or positive mood versus neutral mood was conducted prior to the cognitive control task. Experiment 1 replicated the typical pattern of proactive control use in young adults and reactive control use in older adults. In Experiment 2, older adults showed comparable proactive control to young adults in their response time (RT). Mood induction showed little effect on cognitive control across the two experiments. These results did not reveal consistent effects of mood (negative or positive) on cognitive control mode in young and older adults, but discovered (or demonstrated) that older adults can engage proactive control when dichotomous face cues (female or male) are used in AX-CPT. |
| Starting Page | 50 |
| e-ISSN | 20763425 |
| DOI | 10.3390/brainsci12010050 |
| Journal | Brain Sciences |
| Issue Number | 1 |
| Volume Number | 12 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | MDPI |
| Publisher Date | 2021-12-30 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Brain Sciences Gerontology Proactive Control Reactive Control Mood Aging Ax-cpt |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
