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SUMMARY:Adult age differences in social cognition - Professor Louise Phill
 ips\, School of Psychology\, University of Aberdeen
DTSTART:20150501T140000Z
DTEND:20150501T153000Z
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CONTACT:Louise White
DESCRIPTION:Abstract:\n\nCognitive decline in old age is well documented\,
  but is less clear how the aging process affects social cognitive processe
 s such as gaze following and theory of mind. Older people tend to have pos
 itivity biases in processing emotional information which might have conseq
 uences for social cognition. In this talk I will outline the effects of ag
 e on social processing tasks which differ in their cognitive and emotional
  load. The specificity of any age effects will be considered\, along with 
 any evidence of positivity biases in the tasks. Links between social cogni
 tive changes with age and broader indices of quality of life and interpers
 onal interaction are also considered.\n\nBio:\n\nI got my PhD from the Age
  and Cognitive Performance Research Centre at the University of Manchester
  in 1993 and then became a lecturer in Psychology at the University of Abe
 rdeen. I have since been promoted to a Chair in Psychology. My main resear
 ch interests are the effects of aging and neurological disease on the inte
 rface between cognition and emotion.\n
LOCATION:Ground Floor Lecture Theatre\, Department of Psychology
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