Year: 2023
Type: preprint
Abstract: The study of social cognition has extended across the lifespan with a recent special focus on the impacts of aging on the social-cognitive brain. This review summarizes current knowledge on social perception, theory of mind, empathy, and social behavior from a social-cognitive neuroscience of aging perspective; and identifies new directions for studying the aging social-cognitive brain. These new directions highlight the need for (i) standardized operationalization and analysis of social-cognitive constructs; (ii) use of naturalistic paradigms to enhance ecological validity of social-cognitive measures; (iii) application of repeated assessments via single-N designs for robust delineation of social-cognitive processes in the aging brain; and (iv) increased representation of vulnerable aging populations in social-cognitive brain research to enhance diversity and generalizability.
Authors: Natalie C. Ebner, Marilyn Horta, Dalia El-Shafie
Institutions: University of Florida, University of Florida Health
Language: English
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W4388303142