Brittany S Cassidy
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 5449459 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Brittany S Cassidy |
| NOMBRES | Brittany S |
| APELLIDO | Cassidy |
| FIRMA | CASSIDY B S |
| AFILIACIONES | (Psychological Sciences Section) |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1449-0886 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 35 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 21 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 11 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 24 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2015 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 3 |
Burden and well-being among dementia caregivers in Puerto Rico
In this Puerto Rico-based sample, perceptual disturbances/apathy, and appetite/eating symptoms specifically, were most likely to magnify the caregiver burden-depressive symptoms link
The good old times
These findings highlight the need to consider the interplay between regret and self-critical rumination in mental health interventions for older adults, regardless of their habitual tendency to ruminate
Older adults’ audible self-talk when alone
Audible self-talk co-occurs with interpersonal tensions and may be linked to the preservation of positive mood when these tensions arise in late life
Daily Stressor Appraisals and Subjective Age Predict Daily Affective Ratings
Objectives Stressor appraisals are a transaction between the environment and the individual, such that individuals may appraise a situation as stressful when the problem is greater than the resources available to address it. Stressors appraised as threatening to the way one feels about themselves, their plans for the future, or their own physical health and safety are known to increase negative affect. Appraisal theory frames our predictions rega…
Prospective memory difficulties in adults aged 60 and above with subjective memory complaints
Objectives Subjective memory complaints (SMCs) refer to individuals’ self-reported memory problems in the absence of objective evidence. Subjective memory complaint has been recognized as an early indicator of the future development of dementia. Although neuropsychological evaluations for dementia typically focus on retrospective memory, SMC can manifest in both retrospective and prospective memories (PMs). Considering that impairments in PM refl…
The NIH toolbox emotion battery and cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers in Alzheimer’s disease
These findings suggest that socioemotional functioning may be associated with tau pathology. Amyloid markers were not associated with socioemotional functioning in either cognitive group. Future studies with larger, more diverse samples and harmonized CSF assay protocols are needed to further investigate the role of socioemotional changes in the early detection and prevention of dementia
Audiovisual integration facilitates age-related perceptual decision making
Objectives Aging populations commonly experience a decline in sensory functions, which negatively affects perceptual decision making. The decline in sensory functions has been shown to be partially compensated by audiovisual integration. Although audiovisual integration may have a positive effect on perception, it remains unclear whether the perceptual improvements observed in older adults during perceptual decision making are better explained by…
Crossmodal response precueing
Objectives This study examined the impact of crossmodal response precueing on action preparation in young and older adults. Methods Young (n = 37; 18–30 years) and older (n = 36; 60–77 years) adults performed a crossmodal visual-auditory version of the precueing paradigm, using a 4-choice task with 3 precue types. Informative precues either referred to response modality (manual vs vocal) or abstract spatial response feature (left vs right key pre…
Emotion Dynamics in Young and Cognitively Diverse Older Adults
Objectives Prior work has demonstrated age-related increases in emotional well-being and emotional stability. However, little is known about the specific patterns of emotion across daily situations for older adults experiencing mild cognitive impairment (MCI) compared with cognitively normal (CN) older adults and their younger counterparts. Methods Young adults (aged 21–34, n = 70), CN older adults (aged 70–83, n = 89), and older adults with MCI …
Emotional experience related to daily uplifts and stressors
Objectives Emotional aging research has been dominated by the idea of age-related improvements in emotional experience. However, current mixed empirical findings call for a more differentiated, context-dependent approach. It has been proposed that age-related improvements in emotional experience are present in benign contexts and when age-related gains (e.g., in life experience and knowledge) are salient. In adverse contexts and when age-related …
The advantages of aging
These findings suggest a link between self-representation stability and well-being, with age-related differences in its cognitive mechanisms. These findings further underscore an important positive of aging and offer insight into the connection between autobiographical processes and self-representation stability
Longitudinal associations between speech-in-noise deficits and cognitive function over 8 years
Objective Hearing loss is a potentially modifiable risk factor for dementia, yet questions remain about its impact on cognitive trajectories. Hearing aid use has been proposed as a protective intervention, but findings are mixed. This study examined longitudinal associations between hearing loss, hearing aid use, and cognitive function, and explored the role of environmental noise exposure. Methods We prospectively studied 398 adults aged ≥65 yea…
The advantages of seeing the silver lining
Objectives Relationships that elicit both positive and negative emotions, known as ambivalent ties, are often linked to adverse health outcomes in later life. Their negative health impacts, however, may depend on how older adults appraise different emotional experiences (e.g., viewing relationship “ups and downs” as useful or meaningful). This study examined whether bivalent affect valuation (BAV; the extent to which people appraise both positive…
How Often and Why Do People Manage Their Emotions in Older Adulthood
Objectives Prominent theories of adult development suggest individuals increasingly prioritize emotional goals and social relationships as they age. Accordingly, older adults are expected to invest more in maintaining their emotional well-being compared with younger adults. Prior work suggests older adults may accomplish this goal by structuring their lives in ways that reduce the need to actively manage unwanted emotion. We tested the hypotheses…
Within- and Between-Person Differences in Activity Factor Structure
Objectives Studies using ecological momentary assessment (EMA) of activity participation rely on items tapping domains informed by factor analyses based on single time points. Analyses from a single time point focus on differences between participants and provide little insight into how activities cluster together within a person across moments or days. The present study compared the factor structure in activity participation between- and within-…
Unpacking Anti‐Transgender Bias
Anti‐transgender bias is an important area of research given the disproportionate negative outcomes transgender relative to cisgender individuals experience. Yet, the mechanisms underlying this disproportionate negative bias remain understudied. We posit that a person perception perspective could be particularly beneficial to characterize mechanisms for this negative bias experienced by transgender individuals. We hypothesize that slower or more …
Aberrant Structural–Functional Coupling of Large-Scale Brain Networks in Older Women With Subthreshold Depression
Objectives Subthreshold depression (SD) is common in the older population, more so in females than males, and can lead to serious physical and mental ill-health. However, the underlying neurobiology remains unclear. This study used multimodal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to investigate the topological organization and coupling of the structural and functional brain networks in older women with SD. Methods We constructed the structural network…
Longitudinal Trajectories of Psychological Resilience and Cognitive Impairment Among Older Adults
Objectives The relationship between resilience trajectories and cognitive health is not well understood. This study aimed to identify clusters of psychological resilience trajectories in a national sample of older adults and to examine the association with cognitive impairment over time. Methods This study used data from the Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey (CLHLS) from 2008 to 2018, and 2,788 respondents were included in this prospe…
Is There a Link Between Older Adults’ Frequency of (Face-to-Face and Remote) Contact With Grandchildren and Cognitive Functioning Over 12 Years
Objectives Past research has linked more frequent social contacts with better cognition and slower cognitive decline in older adults. An open question is whether face-to-face and remote contact with one’s grandchildren can be beneficial. Methods We analyzed data from the Swedish National Study on Aging and Care in Kungsholmen covering a span of 12 years and 2 age cohorts (young–old <78, N = 1100; old–old ≥78 years, N = 705). We used latent growth…
Short-Term Coupling Associations Between State Loneliness and Cognitive Performance in Daily Life Among Older Adults
The findings suggest a prospective association between loneliness and cognitive performance, with higher daily loneliness negatively associated with cognitive performance on the same day and predicting worse performance the following day. Notably, within a single day, lower cognitive performance at a given moment predicted elevated loneliness later in the day. This highlights a complex, reciprocal relationship-loneliness predicting and being pred…
Beyond Hypertension
Damages potentially associated with variable BP may reduce resilience to future dementia-related pathology and increased the risk of dementia more than that caused by high BP. Improved treatment and management of variable BP may help reduce cognitive decline in the older adult population
Interoceptive Accuracy Enhances Deception Detection in Older Adults
Interoceptive accuracy was associated with both lie detection and phishing detection accuracy among older adults. Our findings identify interoceptive accuracy as a potential protective factor for fraud susceptibility, as measured through difficulty detecting deception. These results support interoceptive accuracy as a relevant factor for consideration in interventions targeted at fraud prevention among older adults
Subjective Memory Complaints and the Effect of a Multidomain Lifestyle Intervention on Cognition
A lifestyle intervention may be beneficial for older adults with and without SMCs. Persons having more retrospective SMCs may benefit more from the intervention regarding memory functioning. Clinical Trials Registration Number: NCT01041989
Convergence of Age Differences in Risk Preference, Impulsivity, and Self-Control
Our findings call for conceptual clarification and improved operationalization to capture the putative mechanisms underlying age-related differences in risk preference and related constructs
The Butcher on the Bus” Is Less Familiar to Older Adults Than She Is to Younger Adults
Objectives The “butcher on the bus” is a term describing recognizing someone as familiar but failing to recollect how we know them. Previous studies probing this phenomenon have not used paradigms that mimic real life, and age-related differences have not been adequately addressed. Methods In two studies, younger and older adults studied faces in scene contexts a variable number of times. In the test phases, studied faces were presented identical…
Configural face processing impacts race disparities in humanization and trust
A Crisis of Competence
Age Effects on Trustworthiness Activation and Trust Biases in Face Perception
A pronounced trust bias in aging may be related to greater dynamic activation of trustworthiness (vs untrustworthiness) when perceiving faces
Aberrant Structural–Functional Coupling of Large-Scale Brain Networks in Older Women With Subthreshold Depression
Objectives Subthreshold depression (SD) is common in the older population, more so in females than males, and can lead to serious physical and mental ill-health. However, the underlying neurobiology remains unclear. This study used multimodal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to investigate the topological organization and coupling of the structural and functional brain networks in older women with SD. Methods We constructed the structural network…
Understanding Evaluations of Kamala Harris in 2020
Women of color (vs. White women) are underrepresented in the United States government. Identifying factors that affect evaluations of these women is important to understand their underrepresentation. Deviating from communal expectations contributes to backlash against women. Being perceived as prioritizing communality thus appears key for women to receive support. Little work, however, has examined this relation in actual politicians and how perc…
Longitudinal Trajectories of Psychological Resilience and Cognitive Impairment Among Older Adults
Objectives The relationship between resilience trajectories and cognitive health is not well understood. This study aimed to identify clusters of psychological resilience trajectories in a national sample of older adults and to examine the association with cognitive impairment over time. Methods This study used data from the Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey (CLHLS) from 2008 to 2018, and 2,788 respondents were included in this prospe…
Trait inferences from the “big two” produce gendered expectations of facial features
Age Effects in Adaptive Criterion Learning
These findings evidence labile adaptive criteria placement and criteria shifting with age. However, age-related tendencies toward conservative response biases may limit the extent to which criteria can be shifted in a lenient direction
Age Effects in Adaptive Criterion Learning
These findings evidence labile adaptive criteria placement and criteria shifting with age. However, age-related tendencies toward conservative response biases may limit the extent to which criteria can be shifted in a lenient direction
Configural face processing impacts race disparities in humanization and trust
Age Effects on Trustworthiness Activation and Trust Biases in Face Perception
A pronounced trust bias in aging may be related to greater dynamic activation of trustworthiness (vs untrustworthiness) when perceiving faces
A Crisis of Competence
Valenced appearance-behavior cues affect the extent of impression memory
Prior work has often shown higher memory for impressions of valenced verbal cues when such valence is congruent with valence conveyed by actors' facial characteristics. The current work examined specific valence contributions to appearance-congruent memory advantages. Untrustworthy and trustworthy faces were paired with positive, negative, and neutral behaviours (Study 1) and traits (Study 2). Negative versus positive trust-related behaviours are…
Feminine perceptions of Kamala Harris positively relate to evaluations of her candidacy
When selecting a face best resembling a male political candidate, the extent to which selected faces look consistent with positive category stereotypes relates to more favorable candidate evaluations. Because people more positively evaluate feminine versus masculine female faces and also evaluate them as having more stereotypically feminine traits, representing female candidate faces as more feminine may produce a similar relationship. This possi…
Spatial frequency and valence interact in complex emotion perception
Research on spatial frequency contributions to facial emotion identification has largely focused on basic emotions. The present experiment characterised spatial frequency contributions to decoding complex emotions, which can be less visible and intense than basic emotions. We investigated the effects of spatial frequency, expression valence and perceptually available features (full face or eyes only) on decoding accuracy. We observed main effects…
Decoding complex emotions and humanization show related face processing effects
Inferring others' complex emotions is central to ascribing humanness to others. However, little past research has investigated the perceptual processes linking the inference of complex emotions to judging others' humanness. To this end, we disrupted the low-level perceptual processes typically employed in face processing via face inversion. Of interest was whether the inversion-driven deficits in complex emotion judgments and in humanness judgmen…
Understanding Evaluations of Kamala Harris in 2020
Women of color (vs. White women) are underrepresented in the United States government. Identifying factors that affect evaluations of these women is important to understand their underrepresentation. Deviating from communal expectations contributes to backlash against women. Being perceived as prioritizing communality thus appears key for women to receive support. Little work, however, has examined this relation in actual politicians and how perc…
Trait inferences from the “big two” produce gendered expectations of facial features
Is There a Link Between Older Adults’ Frequency of (Face-to-Face and Remote) Contact With Grandchildren and Cognitive Functioning Over 12 Years
Objectives Past research has linked more frequent social contacts with better cognition and slower cognitive decline in older adults. An open question is whether face-to-face and remote contact with one’s grandchildren can be beneficial. Methods We analyzed data from the Swedish National Study on Aging and Care in Kungsholmen covering a span of 12 years and 2 age cohorts (young–old <78, N = 1100; old–old ≥78 years, N = 705). We used latent growth…
Short-Term Coupling Associations Between State Loneliness and Cognitive Performance in Daily Life Among Older Adults
The findings suggest a prospective association between loneliness and cognitive performance, with higher daily loneliness negatively associated with cognitive performance on the same day and predicting worse performance the following day. Notably, within a single day, lower cognitive performance at a given moment predicted elevated loneliness later in the day. This highlights a complex, reciprocal relationship-loneliness predicting and being pred…
Beyond Hypertension
Damages potentially associated with variable BP may reduce resilience to future dementia-related pathology and increased the risk of dementia more than that caused by high BP. Improved treatment and management of variable BP may help reduce cognitive decline in the older adult population
Interoceptive Accuracy Enhances Deception Detection in Older Adults
Interoceptive accuracy was associated with both lie detection and phishing detection accuracy among older adults. Our findings identify interoceptive accuracy as a potential protective factor for fraud susceptibility, as measured through difficulty detecting deception. These results support interoceptive accuracy as a relevant factor for consideration in interventions targeted at fraud prevention among older adults
Subjective Memory Complaints and the Effect of a Multidomain Lifestyle Intervention on Cognition
A lifestyle intervention may be beneficial for older adults with and without SMCs. Persons having more retrospective SMCs may benefit more from the intervention regarding memory functioning. Clinical Trials Registration Number: NCT01041989
Convergence of Age Differences in Risk Preference, Impulsivity, and Self-Control
Our findings call for conceptual clarification and improved operationalization to capture the putative mechanisms underlying age-related differences in risk preference and related constructs
The Butcher on the Bus” Is Less Familiar to Older Adults Than She Is to Younger Adults
Objectives The “butcher on the bus” is a term describing recognizing someone as familiar but failing to recollect how we know them. Previous studies probing this phenomenon have not used paradigms that mimic real life, and age-related differences have not been adequately addressed. Methods In two studies, younger and older adults studied faces in scene contexts a variable number of times. In the test phases, studied faces were presented identical…
Daily Stressor Appraisals and Subjective Age Predict Daily Affective Ratings
Objectives Stressor appraisals are a transaction between the environment and the individual, such that individuals may appraise a situation as stressful when the problem is greater than the resources available to address it. Stressors appraised as threatening to the way one feels about themselves, their plans for the future, or their own physical health and safety are known to increase negative affect. Appraisal theory frames our predictions rega…
Prospective memory difficulties in adults aged 60 and above with subjective memory complaints
Objectives Subjective memory complaints (SMCs) refer to individuals’ self-reported memory problems in the absence of objective evidence. Subjective memory complaint has been recognized as an early indicator of the future development of dementia. Although neuropsychological evaluations for dementia typically focus on retrospective memory, SMC can manifest in both retrospective and prospective memories (PMs). Considering that impairments in PM refl…
The NIH toolbox emotion battery and cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers in Alzheimer’s disease
These findings suggest that socioemotional functioning may be associated with tau pathology. Amyloid markers were not associated with socioemotional functioning in either cognitive group. Future studies with larger, more diverse samples and harmonized CSF assay protocols are needed to further investigate the role of socioemotional changes in the early detection and prevention of dementia
Audiovisual integration facilitates age-related perceptual decision making
Objectives Aging populations commonly experience a decline in sensory functions, which negatively affects perceptual decision making. The decline in sensory functions has been shown to be partially compensated by audiovisual integration. Although audiovisual integration may have a positive effect on perception, it remains unclear whether the perceptual improvements observed in older adults during perceptual decision making are better explained by…
Crossmodal response precueing
Objectives This study examined the impact of crossmodal response precueing on action preparation in young and older adults. Methods Young (n = 37; 18–30 years) and older (n = 36; 60–77 years) adults performed a crossmodal visual-auditory version of the precueing paradigm, using a 4-choice task with 3 precue types. Informative precues either referred to response modality (manual vs vocal) or abstract spatial response feature (left vs right key pre…
Emotion Dynamics in Young and Cognitively Diverse Older Adults
Objectives Prior work has demonstrated age-related increases in emotional well-being and emotional stability. However, little is known about the specific patterns of emotion across daily situations for older adults experiencing mild cognitive impairment (MCI) compared with cognitively normal (CN) older adults and their younger counterparts. Methods Young adults (aged 21–34, n = 70), CN older adults (aged 70–83, n = 89), and older adults with MCI …
Emotional experience related to daily uplifts and stressors
Objectives Emotional aging research has been dominated by the idea of age-related improvements in emotional experience. However, current mixed empirical findings call for a more differentiated, context-dependent approach. It has been proposed that age-related improvements in emotional experience are present in benign contexts and when age-related gains (e.g., in life experience and knowledge) are salient. In adverse contexts and when age-related …
The advantages of aging
These findings suggest a link between self-representation stability and well-being, with age-related differences in its cognitive mechanisms. These findings further underscore an important positive of aging and offer insight into the connection between autobiographical processes and self-representation stability
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