Join Assistant Professor of Psychology, University of Central Florida , Nichole Lighthall, Ph.D., for "To Trust or Distrust: How Social Decision-Making Changes Across Adulthood."

Reports of fraud and scams targeting older adults have raised concerns about how aging impacts decision making involving the trustworthiness of social partners, as well as news and social media. My talk will provide an overview of the factors that may drive age-related changes to decision making involving social partners and social communication. These key factors include changes to learning and memory, social cognition, and emotions. I will end by describing how my lab is teaming up with others across Florida to reduce misinformation and exploitation among older adults at risk for Alzheimer’s Disease.

About Frontiers in Science

Welcome to the 2023 season of our public lecture series, Frontiers in Science, hosted by the Florida Atlantic University Charles E. Schmidt College of Science. This season will be back in-person, with live talks and question and answer sessions. We invite you to explore the sciences with us. We have experts this season from a range of scientific disciplines that we've brought to you from across the country and from right here in our own community.

We hope these lectures move you to deeper learning, explain your world, ignite your discussions, and bring the richness of the sciences to you.

Learn more and see the full talk schedule: http://science.fau.edu/frontiers.