A novel scoring protocol reveals age-related differences in abstract compared to concrete thinking in cued autobiographical remembering.

ABSTRACT: Human imagination has garnered growing interest in many fields. However, it remains unclear how to characterize different forms of imaginative thinking and how imagination differs between young and older adults. Here, we introduce a novel scoring protocol based on recent theoretical developments in the cognitive neuroscience of imagination to provide a broad tool with which to characterize imaginative thinking. The scoring protocol distinguishes between concrete/perceptual forms of imagination termed the "mind's eye" and abstract/reflective forms of imagination termed the "mind's mind." The protocol also captures whether thoughts pertain to the self, others, or both. We applied this scoring protocol with high inter-rater reliability across two studies involving distinct participants and na

SUBMITTER: Hovhannisyan M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11680765 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature