Associative memory for honest and dishonest faces in younger and older adults.

IF 3.5 1区心理学 Q1 GERONTOLOGY

Psychology and Aging Pub Date : 2025-09-01 Epub Date: 2025-05-08 DOI:10.1037/pag0000898

Kylie O Alberts, Mary C Whatley, Alan D Castel

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Abstract

Older adults often show a deficit in associative memory for faces paired with pieces of information. Older adults also have a heightened trust for faces despite the information the faces are associated with, in some cases. The present study investigated young and older adults' associative memory for faces associated with scams, donations, or a neutral label and whether trustworthiness would be reflective of these associations. In three experiments, participants viewed faces associated with these labels for either 6 s (Experiment 1), 3 s (Experiment 2), or unlimited time (Experiment 3) and were tested on their memory for the labels. In addition, they rated the faces on their honesty before and after the label was presented. While young adults were more accurate than older adults when recalling the associated labels overall, both age groups showed a significant reduction in honesty ratings for the faces associated with scams after the association was made in all experiments. Therefore, these results illustrate that despite associative memory deficits, older adults can adjust their trust ratings for faces based on learning associative information regarding scams and fraud. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved).

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年轻人和老年人对诚实和不诚实面孔的联想记忆。

老年人通常会在对面孔和信息片段的联想记忆中表现出缺陷。在某些情况下，老年人对面孔也有更高的信任度，尽管面孔与信息有关。本研究调查了年轻人和老年人对与诈骗、捐赠或中性标签相关的面孔的联想记忆，以及可信度是否反映了这些联想。在三个实验中，参与者分别在6秒（实验1）、3秒（实验2）或无限时间（实验3）内观看与这些标签相关的面孔，并测试他们对这些标签的记忆。此外，他们在标签出现之前和之后对这些脸的诚实度进行了评分。虽然年轻人在回忆相关标签时比老年人更准确，但在所有实验中，这两个年龄段的人对与骗局相关的面孔的诚实度评分都显著降低。因此，这些结果表明，尽管联想记忆缺陷，老年人可以根据学习有关诈骗和欺诈的联想信息来调整他们对面孔的信任评级。（PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA，版权所有）。

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期刊介绍： Psychology and Aging publishes original articles on adult development and aging. Such original articles include reports of research that may be applied, biobehavioral, clinical, educational, experimental (laboratory, field, or naturalistic studies), methodological, or psychosocial. Although the emphasis is on original research investigations, occasional theoretical analyses of research issues, practical clinical problems, or policy may appear, as well as critical reviews of a content area in adult development and aging. Clinical case studies that have theoretical significance are also appropriate. Brief reports are acceptable with the author"s agreement not to submit a full report to another journal.