Thinking About Forgetting: Awareness of Aging and Its Effect on Memory Lapses
Ryan Fenstermacher, Taylor Nguyen

TL;DR
This study explores how people's perceptions of aging affect their memory and how stress influences this relationship.
Contribution
The study reveals how perceived age-related losses are linked to memory lapses, especially under stress.
Findings
Perceived age-related losses are associated with increased memory lapses.
Stress amplifies the relationship between perceived age-related losses and memory lapses.
Abstract
Awareness of aging (AoA) refers to a person’s perceptions of age-related changes across adulthood. Whereas some people may focus on perceived age-related gains with age, others may instead focus on age-related losses. These perceptions of aging are important for emotional well-being and physical health. The current study examines how AoA is related to one aspect of daily cognitive function, and how this association is related to daily stressors. We hypothesized that perceived age-related losses would be associated with increased memory lapses, an aspect of cognitive functioning that has been linked to later cognitive decline. Additionally, we explored whether daily stressors moderated this relationship. We used the Daily Diary Project and Daily Inventory of Stressful Events (DISE) from the third wave of the Midlife in the United States (MIDUS) study to examine the relationship between…
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Taxonomy
TopicsAging and Gerontology Research · Identity, Memory, and Therapy · Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
