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May 15, 2026Acta PsychologicaOpen Access

The aging effect in deeper-level processing of emotion words

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MJMeng JiangDQDaiyue QuQLQi Luo

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Randomized trial investigates emotional processing in older adults, showing slower speeds and positivity advantages.

Key Points

  • This research examines whether older adults experience a decline in the ability to process emotion words due to aging.
  • Participants performed a valence judgment task using sensory-quality and intrinsic-quality appraisal emotion words.
  • Words were categorized as positive or negative to assess processing differences based on age.
  • The study compared processing speeds between older and younger adults.
  • Older adults exhibited a general slowing in processing speed for emotion words.
  • A significant positivity advantage was observed, with older adults processing positive words more effectively than younger adults.

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Jiang et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a06b7a1e7dec685947aa5f0https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2026.106866
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