APS

29th APS Annual Convention · 2017

Motivation-Cognition Interactions in Older and Younger Adults

Boston, MA · May 2017

Poster Session · Cognitive

  • Debbie Yee
    Washington University in St. Louis
  • Sarah Adams
    Washington University in St. Louis
  • Jessica Weiss
    Washington University in St. Louis
  • Todd Braver
    Washington University in St. Louis

Abstract

We examined how older and younger adults integrate the motivational value of monetary and liquid (e.g., juice, neutral, saltwater) incentives to modulate cognitive performance. Our data reveal that OA are 1)less sensitive than YA to motivational impact of liquids, and 2)slower to adaptively adjust cognitive strategies to improve task performance.

Aging

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