{"id":1164,"date":"2012-12-06T17:16:25","date_gmt":"2012-12-06T17:16:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stockbrokerfraudblog.com\/2012\/12\/decreased_ability_to_process_r"},"modified":"2022-03-09T16:32:09","modified_gmt":"2022-03-09T22:32:09","slug":"decreased-ability-to-process-r","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.investorlawyers.com\/blog\/decreased-ability-to-process-r\/","title":{"rendered":"Decreased Ability to Process Risk and Danger Make the Elderly Easy Fraud Targets, Says Study"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\tAccording to a study conducted by UCLA psychologist Shelley Taylor, one reason that older adults may be more easily prone to being deceived is that there appears to be less activity in the part of their brains that processes subtle danger and risk. She wanted to find out how well older people recognize visual clues indicating that someone may be scamming them.<\/p>\n<p>Taylor brought in 119 seniors over the age of 55 and 24 people in their twenties. The two groups looked at 30 photographs that showed one of three faces: a neutral looking face, an untrustworthy one, or a trustworthy one. Taylor found that while the seniors and younger adults rated the neutral and trustworthy faces about the same, the elder adults had a more difficult time identifying the untrustworthy cues, rating them as more trustworthy than did their younger counterparts. <\/p>\n<p>A follow-up study she then conducted using brain imaging showed the seniors exhibiting less activity in the risk processing area of the brain. She also said determined that people&#8217;s propensity to focus more on the positive as they grow older might too be causing them to miss deception cues (such as a smile that doesn&#8217;t include the eyes or someone who leans backward and\/or looks away.)<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.investorlawyers.com\/blog\/decreased-ability-to-process-r\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Decreased Ability to Process Risk and Danger Make the Elderly Easy Fraud Targets, Says Study\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to a study conducted by UCLA psychologist Shelley Taylor, one reason that older adults may be more easily prone to being deceived is that there appears to be less activity in the part of their brains that processes subtle danger and risk. 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