Abstract
To judge the image of someone, we use our
memory based on our contact experiences. In this
study, we examined the influence of the frequency of
contact with grandparents on both the performance
of a verbal fluency task and the response time to
judge the image of older adults. 54 college students
were asked to judge positive and negative sentences
of older adults. We measured the reaction time to
agree or disagree with those statements. The results
showed that women took less time to make a
judgment than men. In addition, according to the
frequency of contact experiences with their
grandparents, the groups were divided into higher
contact group and lower contact group. As a result,
the response time to judge to positive images of older
adults was slower in the higher contact group than
the lower contact group. On the other hand, there
was no significant association between the frequency
of contact and performance on a verbal fluency task.
The frequency of contact with grandparents could
make us judge the image of older adults cautiously.
https://ror.org/04emv5a43 
