Perspective Taking and Memory for Self- and Town-Related Information in Male Adolescents and Young Adults.

ABSTRACT: Adolescence is a sensitive period for categorical self-concept development, which affects the ability to take others' perspectives, which might differ from one's own, and how self-related information is memorized. Little is known about whether these two processes are related in adolescence. The current study recruited 97 male participants aged 11-35 years. Using a self-referential memory task, we found that younger participants were less prone to recognize previously seen town-related adjectives, compared to self-related adjectives. However, this age-related reduction in recognition bias was unrelated to accurate memory performance. Using the Director task to assess perspective taking, we found an age-related decrease in egocentric biases in perspective taking from adolescence to early adu

SUBMITTER: Scheuplein M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7615281 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature