title: Mood Regulation in Real-Time: Age Differences in the Role of Looking.
abstract: Mechanisms have been proposed to underlie differences between younger and older adults in real-time mood regulation, but these mechanisms have not yet been shown to predict mood outcomes. One such mechanism is age-related positivity effects in attention and memory. In this paper, I take one form of this possible mechanism -positive looking patterns - and consider whether 1) older adults prefer positive looking, and 2) positive looking helps older adults regulate their mood in real-time. Evidence is more consistent for the former than the latter. A similar exercise is needed for other possible forms (positive memory) and other possible mechanisms that may explain age differences in real-time mood regulation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Northeastern University, 125 Nightingale, 360 Huntington Ave., Boston, MA 02115,  dmi@neu.edu.
authors.forename: Derek M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Isaacowitz