The aging effect in the processing of Chinese interoceptive- and exteroceptive- reaction affective verbs
Abstract
Great uncertainty exists with whether or not old adulthood experiences an age-related decline in affective words’ processing capacity. By recruiting two age groups, taking advantage of two types of affective verbs, namely, interoceptive-reaction affective verbs and the exteroceptive-reaction affective verbs, and by manipulating the factor of affective valence, based on a valence judgment task, the present study made a meticulous scrutiny of this issue. It was found that older adults did undergo an age-related decline in processing affective words. The factor affective valence did have a role in modulating the aging effect.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism
Action Observation and Synchronization
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Applied Neuropsychology Adult
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Pages
- 1–9
- Publication date
- 20 February 2026
- Language
- EN