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Van Gerven, ., Murphy, D.R. (2010). Aging and distraction by irrelevant speech: does emotional valence matter? Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, 65B(6) , 667–670, :10.1093/geronb/gbq048. Advance Access published on July 11, 2010. Aging and Distraction by Irrelevant Speech: Does Emotional Valence Matter? Pascal W. M. Van Gerven1 and Dana R. Murphy2 1Department of Neuropsychology and Psychopharmacology, Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience, Maastricht University, Th herlands. 2Department of Psychology, Nipissing University, North Bay, Ontario, Canada. Objectives. From prior studies, we know that older adults are rarely more distracted by irrelevant speech than younger adults, which is remarkable in light of the inhibitory deficit view of aging. We tested the hypothesis that older adults are more distracted by emotional irrelevant speech during a visual cognitive task than younger adults. Methods. Forty-eight younger (mean age = 21.9 years) and 48 older individuals (mean age = 68.1 years) performed a visual counting task while being exposed to irrelevant speech consisting of random numbers intermixed with neutral, posi- tive, or negative words. Performance in these conditions was compared with that in a silence condition. Results. Irrelevant speech reased counting time and decreased accuracy similarly for younger and older adults. Furthermore, the emotional conditions did no icit a stronger effect than the neutral condition. Finally, we found implicit memory for irrelevant speech, but its level was t of emotional valence and age. Discussion. We conclude that emotional irrelevant speech has n