Study finds older adults less distracted by negative information. USC researchers looked at 'emotion-induced blindness,' which refers to distractions caused by emotionally arousing stimuli. In four experiments using a quickly presented sequence of images, they examined how older adults prioritize emotional information. They found both younger and older adults demonstrated emotion-induced blindness, but older adults were more distracted by positive information and less distracted by negative information. Source 4a.
This is interesting. Even being a pretty young adult I'm not distracted by negative information. Unless it has something to do with like harmful effects to my body or ect.