College of Medicine

Professor Angelina Sutin, Ph.D., and Assistant Professor Martina Luchetti, Ph.D., co-authored a brand-new journal article titled “Are social interactions perceived as more meaningful in older adulthood?” The study seeks to test the socioemotional selectivity theory, which states as people age the stronger their preference for emotionally meaningful social interaction becomes. To test this hypothesis, researchers collected data from three-hundred-six participants from the ages of 18-88 to examine the perception of meaningful social interactions in younger and older adults.