APS
2026 APS Annual Convention · 2026
Age Differences In the Temporal Dynamics of the Looking-at-Nothing Effect during Continuous Narrative Recall
- Ziming Cheng
University of Toronto - Ziming Cheng
Rotman Research Institute at Baycrest and Psychology Department, University of Toronto - Malcolm Binns
University of Toronto - Malcolm Binns
Rotman Research Institute - Maria Machuca Diaz
University of Toronto - Donna Rose Addis
University of Toronto - Donna Rose Addis
The University of Auckland - Donna Rose Addis
Rotman Research Institute - Jennifer Ryan
University of Toronto - Jennifer Ryan
University of Toronto - Jennifer Ryan
Rotman Research Institute
Abstract
We showed "look-at-nothing" effects during continuous narrative recall in both younger and older adults, with distinct patterns between age groups. Younger adults fixated on an object’s former location 3s before speaking about it, whereas older adults displayed prolonged processing and continued to increase fixation to the region after verbal onset.
