Age Differences in Hindsight Bias: The Role of Episodic Memory and Inhibition

作者: Alisha Coolin , Daniel M. Bernstein , Allen E. Thornton , Wendy Loken Thornton

DOI: 10.1080/0361073X.2014.896667

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摘要: Background/Study Context: After learning an event’s outcome, people’s recollection of their former prediction that event shifts towards the actual outcome. This hindsight bias (HB) phenomenon tends to be stronger in older compared with younger adults; however, it is unclear whether age-related changes other cognitive abilities mediate this relationship.Methods: Sixty-four adults (Mage = 20.1; range 18–25) and 60 community-dwelling 72.5; 65–87) completed a memory design HB task. Two aspects HB, its occurrence magnitude, were examined. Multiple regression mediation analyses conducted determine episodic inhibition age differences magnitude HB.Results: Older exhibited greater as adults. The present findings revealed mediated increases occurrence. Conversely, neither abili...

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