Impact of age-relevant goals on future thinking in younger and older adults.

This study investigated how personal goals influence age differences in episodic future thinking. Research suggests that personal goals change with age and like autobiographical memory, future thinking is thought to be organised and impacted by personal goals. It was hypothesised that cueing older adults with age-relevant goals should modulate age differences in episodic details and may also influence phenomenological characteristics of imagined scenarios.

Aging and Self-Discrepancy: Evidence for Adaptive Change Across the Life Span.

Background/study Context: Higgins' self-discrepancy theory (SDT; Higgins, 1987, Psychological Review, 94, 319-340) postulates that individuals are motivated to decrease the discrepancy between their current and future selves. The objective of the current research was to investigate adult age differences in quantitative and qualitative aspects of self-discrepancy.

Methods: Higgins' self-guide strength measure (Higgins et al.

Age differences in the Attention Network Test: Evidence from behavior and event-related potentials.

The Attention Network Test (ANT) is widely used to capture group and individual differences in selective attention. Prior behavioral studies with younger and older adults have yielded mixed findings with respect to age differences in three putative attention networks (alerting, orienting, and executive control). To overcome the limitations of behavioral data, the current study combined behavioral and electrophysiological measures.

PTSD in the elderly: the interaction between trauma and aging.

Background: Because an increasingly large cohort of individuals is approaching their elderly years, there is concern about how the healthcare system will cope with the greater demands placed upon it. One area of concern is the impact of trauma and post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in the aged. Although several reviews have highlighted the lack of knowledge and research on the topic, there still remain gaps in the literature.

Current research on cognitive aspects of anxiety disorders.

Purpose Of Review: Cognitive dysfunction is frequently reported in anxiety disorders. Our aim is to describe recent advances concerning these cognitive aspects.

Recent Findings: Cognitive dysfunction in anxiety disorders can be classified into four domains.

Management of post traumatic stress disorder after childbirth: a review.

Prevalence and risk factors for the development of post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after childbirth is well described in the literature. However, its management and treatment has only begun to be investigated. The aim of this article is to describe the studies that examine the effects of interventions on PTSD after childbirth.