Cassandra Germain

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2009 journal article

Aging and Selective Engagement: The Moderating Impact of Motivation on Older Adults' Resource Utilization

JOURNALS OF GERONTOLOGY SERIES B-PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES, 64(4), 447–456.

By: T. Hess n, C. Germain n, E. Swaim n & N. Osowski n

author keywords: Aging; Impression formation; Motivation-Person memory; Social cognition
MeSH headings : Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Aging; Choice Behavior; Employee Performance Appraisal / statistics & numerical data; Employment / psychology; Employment / statistics & numerical data; Female; Health Services / statistics & numerical data; Humans; Male; Memory Disorders / diagnosis; Memory Disorders / epidemiology; Middle Aged; Motivation; Neuropsychological Tests; Severity of Illness Index; Social Perception; Young Adult
TL;DR: Age differences in the impact of motivation in a social cognitive task supported the hypothesis that aging is associated with an increase in the selective engagement of cognitive resources in support of performance by demonstrating that the differential impact of the motivational manipulation was based in deliberative memory processes. (via Semantic Scholar)
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2007 journal article

Motivational influences on controlled processing: Moderating distractibility in older adults

AGING NEUROPSYCHOLOGY AND COGNITION, 14(5), 462–486.

By: C. Germain n & T. Hess n

MeSH headings : Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Aging / physiology; Analysis of Variance; Attention; Comprehension; Female; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Motivation; Neuropsychological Tests; Reading; Recognition, Psychology / physiology; Time Factors
TL;DR: For older adults, processing was more efficient and comprehension enhanced when passage relevance was high, a finding consistent with a growing body of data highlighting the importance of motivational factors in determining age differences in cognitive performance. (via Semantic Scholar)
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2005 journal article

Aging-related selectivity and susceptibility to irrelevant affective information

AGING NEUROPSYCHOLOGY AND COGNITION, 12(2), 149–174.

By: T. Hess n, C. Germain n, D. Rosenberg n, C. Leclerc n & E. Hodges n

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