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Across adulthood, motivational orientation tends to shift from prioritizing gains to prioritizing the prevention of losses. This motivational shift also affects cognition, including declarative memory. In the present research, we investigated value-directed remembering for gain- or loss-related information in a sample of younger (18-30 years), middle-aged (31-59), and older adults (60 – 85) across 9 days, using daily smartphone-based questionnaires. Our preliminary findings suggest that age and framing (gain vs. loss) affect recall performance and value-based prioritization of information. Investigating memory outside the laboratory helps to understand every-day memory processes across adulthood.
Keywords: Cognitive Aging, Motivated Cognition, Prospective Memory, Episodic Memory, Value-Directed Remembering
