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@ARTICLE{Chowdhury:137431,
author = {Chowdhury, R. and Sharot, T. and Wolfe, T. and Düzel, E.
and Dolan, R. J.},
title = {{O}ptimistic update bias increases in older age.},
journal = {Psychological medicine},
volume = {44},
number = {9},
issn = {0033-2917},
address = {[S.l.]},
publisher = {Proquest},
reportid = {DZNE-2020-03753},
pages = {2003-2012},
year = {2014},
abstract = {Healthy older adults report greater well-being and life
satisfaction than their younger counterparts. One potential
explanation for this is enhanced optimism. We tested the
influence of age on optimistic and pessimistic beliefs about
the future and the associated structural neural
correlates.Eighteen young and 18 healthy older adults
performed a belief updating paradigm, measuring differences
in updating beliefs for desirable and undesirable
information about future negative events. These measures
were related to regional brain volume, focusing on the
anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) because this region is
strongly linked to a positivity bias in older age.We
demonstrate an age-related reduction in updating beliefs
when older adults are faced with undesirable, but not
desirable, information about negative events. This greater
'update bias' in older age persisted even after controlling
for a variety of variables including subjective rating
scales and poorer overall memory. A structural brain
correlate of this greater 'update bias' was evident in
greater grey matter volume in the dorsal ACC in older but
not in young adults.We show a greater update bias in healthy
older age. The link between this bias and relative volume of
the ACC suggests a shared mechanism with an age-related
positivity bias. Older adults frequently have to make
important decisions relating to personal, health and
financial issues. Our findings have wider behavioural
implications in these contexts because an enhanced
optimistic update bias may skew such real-world decision
making.},
keywords = {Adult / Age Factors / Aged / Aging: physiology / Aging:
psychology / Attitude / Gyrus Cinguli: anatomy $\&$
histology / Humans / Middle Aged / Personal Satisfaction /
Young Adult},
cin = {AG Düzel},
ddc = {610},
cid = {I:(DE-2719)5000006},
pnm = {344 - Clinical and Health Care Research (POF3-344)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF3-344},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
pubmed = {pmid:24180676},
pmc = {pmc:PMC4035755},
doi = {10.1017/S0033291713002602},
url = {https://pub.dzne.de/record/137431},
}