Memory selectivity of younger and older adults: The interactive effects of valence and subjective value.

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The study demonstrates how emotional valence influences memory performance in older and younger adults, indicating varied recall patterns.

Memory performance differed by age group, with older adults recalling higher subjective values better than younger adults.
Cued recall for emotionally valenced words showed significant differences in assignment and retrieval between age groups.
Mixed-model analyses indicated older adults face unique challenges with negative valence in memory recall tasks.
Findings suggest emotional valence plays a critical role in influencing memory selectivity across different age groups.

Yang et al. (2025) studied this question.

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The study demonstrates how emotional valence influences memory performance in older and younger adults, indicating varied recall patterns.