Determining whether older adults use similar strategies to young adults in theory of mind tasks.
Anne C KrendlWilla ManneringMichael N JonesKurt HugenbergDaniel P KennedyPublished in: The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences (2022)
Age deficits in theory of mind performance may be driven by a subset of older adults and be related to disparities in strategy use. A certain amount of cognitive ability may be necessary for older adults to engage similar strategies to young adults' during theory of mind.