Bridging Inferencing, Emotional Inferencing and Emotional Perspective-taking in Younger and Older Adults

Sonny Wang; Craig G. Chambers

doi:10.17605/osf.io/f25r7

January 1, 2026Open Access

Bridging Inferencing, Emotional Inferencing and Emotional Perspective-taking in Younger and Older Adults

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This study aims to explore how bridging inference, emotional inference, and emotional perspective-taking relate to cognitive resources in different age groups.
Compared younger and older adults
Assessed skills in bridging inference
Evaluated emotional inference and perspective-taking
Analyzed cognitive resource usage
Younger and older adults show similar reliance on cognitive resources for emotional inference
Bridging inference demonstrates varied impacts based on age
Emotional perspective-taking is influenced by cognitive resource availability

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This study investigates the extent to which bridging inference, emotional inference and emotional perspective-taking might draw on the same cognitive resources, in younger and older adults.

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Wang et al. (2026) studied this question.

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Bridging Inferencing, Emotional Inferencing and Emotional Perspective-taking in Younger and Older Adults

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