Increasing evidence suggests that intact social bonds are protective against age-related
morbidity, while bond disruption and social isolation increase the risk for multiple age …

Ageism refers to prejudice or discrimination based on a person's age. When ageism is
directed at older people, it is unique in two ways: it is socially condoned in a manner that …

Objectives Social frailty poses a major threat to successful aging, but its social cognitive and
psychological well-being correlates remain poorly understood. This cross-sectional study …

Objectives Normal adult aging is associated with changes in social cognition. Although 4
social cognitive domains have been identified (social perception, theory of mind [ToM] …

Aging diminishes social cognition, and changes in this capacity can indicate brain diseases.
However, the relative contribution of age, diagnosis and brain reserve to social cognition …

Affect-sharing, the ability to vicariously feel another person's emotions, is the primary
component of empathy that is typically thought to rely on the observer's capacity to feel the …

The study of social cognition has extended across the lifespan with a recent special focus on
the impacts of aging on the social-cognitive brain. This review summarizes current …

The mechanisms by which older adults maintain large, complex social networks are not well
understood. Prior work has primarily focused on general cognitive ability (eg, executive …

Ageism refers to prejudice, stereotypes or discrimination based on a person's actual or
perceived chronological age. While ageism can affect people at all stages of the human …

Previous research has used stationary eye-tracking in the lab to examine age differences in
attentional deployment, showing that older adults display gaze patterns toward positive …