Journal Article

DZNE-2021-01333

http://join2-wiki.gsi.de/foswiki/pub/Main/Artwork/join2_logo100x88.png Impaired remapping of social relationships in older adults.

Oltmer, J. (First author)DZNE* ; Wolbers, T.DZNE* ; Kuehn, E. (Last author)DZNE*

2021
Macmillan Publishers Limited, part of Springer Nature [London]

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Please use a persistent id in citations: doi:10.1038/s41598-021-01258-7

Abstract: Social relationships are a central aspect of our everyday life, yet our ability to change established social relationships is an under-investigated topic. Here, we use the concept of cognitive mapping to investigate the plasticity of social relationships in younger and older adults. We describe social relationships within a 'social space', defined as a two-dimensional grid composed of the axis 'power' and 'affiliation', and investigate it using a 3D virtual environment with interacting avatars. We show that participants remap dimensions in 'social space' when avatars show conflicting behavior compared to consistent behavior and that, while older adults show similar updating behavior than younger adults, they show a distinct reduction in remapping social space. Our data provide first evidence that older adults show more rigid social behavior when avatars change their behavior in the dimensions of power and affiliation, which may explain age-related social behavior differences in everyday life.

Keyword(s): Aged (MeSH) ; Female (MeSH) ; Humans (MeSH) ; Interpersonal Relations (MeSH) ; Male (MeSH)

Note: CC BY

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Contributing Institute(s):

1. Aging & Cognition (AG Wolbers)

Research Program(s):

1. 353 - Clinical and Health Care Research (POF4-353) (POF4-353)

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