Lab and online experiments show that age influences source memory for emotional sources, highlighting the positivity bias in older adults.
Key Points
Older adults exhibited a positivity bias in source memory during lab experiments, while younger adults showed no benefit from emotional sources.
Results demonstrated that in a lab setting, older adults had improved source memory for emotional scenes, particularly positive ones, compared to younger adults.
The online experiment revealed lower compliance than the lab, impacting older adults' source memory performance for emotional sources.
Differences in experimental settings suggest that emotional influences on memory can vary significantly between in-person and online environments.
Cite This Study
Nikoletta Symeonidou (2025) studied this question.