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This research examines how age influences proactive and reactive control in processing emotional scenes.

July 10, 2026BMC PsychologyOpen Access

Age differences in proactive and reactive control: valence asymmetries in the processing of complex emotional scenes

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This research examines how age influences proactive and reactive control in processing emotional scenes.
Sixty-two participants (32 young, 30 older adults) completed an emotional AX-CPT task with complex scenes.
The task included positive, negative, and neutral emotional scenes to assess control dynamics.
The study analyzed performance through the Proactive Behavioral Index (PBI) scores and error rates.
Older adults showed higher PBI scores, indicating more proactive control with positive scenes (PBI higher than young adults).
With negative scenes, older adults had higher error rates, showing decreased proactive control on neutral-negative sequences.
Young adults exhibited the opposite patterns of proactive and reactive control.

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Randomized trial investigates age-related differences in emotional processing control in young and older adults, suggesting implications for adaptive control.

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Zhang et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a508ea56eeac72a437a1669 https://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-026-05138-5

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Randomized trial investigates age-related differences in emotional processing control in young and older adults, suggesting implications for adaptive control.

Age differences in proactive and reactive control: valence asymmetries in the processing of complex emotional scenes

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Age differences in proactive and reactive control: valence asymmetries in the processing of complex emotional scenes

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