Influences of age-related positivity effect on characteristics of odor-evoked autobiographical memories in older Japanese adults.

ABSTRACT: Older adults tend to remember past life events more positively than younger adults. This tendency is the age-related positivity effect. The present study examined whether this effect occurred for odor-evoked autobiographical memories. In total, 317 young and 181 older Japanese participants were asked to recall autobiographical events evoked by odors. Participants then completed the odor-evoked autobiographical memory questionnaire (OEAMQ) to measure the characteristics of the recalled memories. In the results, older participants recalled more positive memories than younger participants. Older participants also rated the OEAMQ subscales higher than the younger participants. Furthermore, there were significant positive correlations between the ratings of odor emotional characteristics

SUBMITTER: Yamamoto K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9875735 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature