ICPS
2021 APS Virtual Convention · 2021
Episodic Simulation of Helping Behaviour in Younger and Older Adults during the COVID-19 Pandemic
- A. Dawn Ryan
Brock University - Amy Holliday
Brock University - Brendan Gaesser
State University of New York at Albany - Daniel Schacter
Harvard University - Karen Campbell
Brock University
Abstract
We provide evidence that episodic simulation can be used to increase willingness to help amidst the COVID-19 pandemic in younger and older adults. We also show increased reliance on semantic, rather than episodic, details when simulating unfamiliar pandemic-related events compared to regular, everyday scenarios. Potential mechanisms of prosociality are discussed.
Aging
