Table 2.
Mean Accuracy by Young and Older Adults on the Social Cognitive Battery
| Young adults (N = 111) | Older adults (N = 119) | t-Value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Affective theory of mind | Understanding emotions | 0.91 (0.1) | 0.8 (0.11) | 8.38** |
| Cognitive theory of mind | Detect deception | 0.92 (0.1) | 0.76 (0.2) | 7.55** |
| Infer beliefs | 0.94 (0.07) | 0.84 (0.13) | 7.24** | |
| Infer intention | 0.87 (0.08) | 0.82 (0.17) | 2.94* | |
| Control | Story comprehension | 0.90 (0.09) | 0.85 (0.14) | 3.59** |
| Emotion recognition | Happy, dynamic | 0.72 (0.21) | 0.71 (0.21) | 0.38 |
| Sad, dynamic | 0.78 (0.18) | 0.66 (0.2) | 4.61** | |
| Angry, dynamic | 0.85 (0.15) | 0.79 (0.14) | 2.98** | |
| Fear, dynamic | 0.75 (0.2) | 0.66 (0.21) | 3.33** | |
| Social memory | Logical Memory II, Story A | 11.47 (4.17) | 9.55 (4.58) | 3.32** |
Notes: Numbers within parenthesis in the table means SD. See Supplementary Material for full statistics.
*p < .05. **p < .005.