Item and relational processing in young and older adults
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Two experiments were done to compare the item and relational framework of memory between young and older adults. In the first experiment, young and older subjects either rated the pleasantness (item processing) or categorized (relational processing) a list of words. The second experiment was a modification and to replicate the results of the first. Results showed that there were similar patterns in item and relational processing framework between the young and older adults. However, younger adults remembered more than the older subjects.
Publication Name: Journals of Gerontology
Subject: Seniors
ISSN: 0022-1422
Year: 1993
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Age and incidental recall for simulated everyday memory task
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The effects of age on Type II incidental learning was assessed in a heterogenous population of 1400 in five different age groups using the Name-Face Association Test wherein the name is the intentional recallitem and the city of origin as the incidental recall item. Performance differences were found to be related to age with the differences first noted bythe fifth decade. The effect of age was most significant with intentional learning.
Publication Name: Journals of Gerontology
Subject: Seniors
ISSN: 0022-1422
Year: 1993
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