False recognitions in short-term memory – Age-differences in neural activity

• Older adults are more confident of their short-term false recognition. • Older adults present lower activity in cingulo-opercular and prefrontal regions. • Age-differences in frontal activity are influenced by one’s metacognitive abilities. • No age-differences are observed in false alarm rate and in the hippocampal activity. While the knowledge on age-related differences in susceptibility to episodic false memories is extensive, little is...