The ageing of the social mind: replicating the preservation of socio-affective and the decline of socio-cognitive processes in old age.

ABSTRACT: Anticipating population ageing to reach a historically unprecedented level in this century and considering the public goal of promoting well-being until old age, research in many fields has started to focus on processes and factors that contribute to healthy ageing. Since human interactions have a tremendous impact on our mental and physical well-being, scientists are increasingly investigating the basic processes that enable successful social interactions such as social affect (empathy, compassion) and social cognition (Theory of Mind). However, regarding the replication crisis in psychological science it is crucial to probe the reproducibility of findings revealed by each specific method. To this end, we aimed to replicate the effect of age on empathy, compassion and Theory of Mind obser

SUBMITTER: Stietz J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8386516 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature