Effects of divided attention and time course on automatic and controlled components of memory in older adults
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The process-dissociation procedure was used to investigated the link between attention available at encoding and automatic and consciously controlled features of memory. Sixty-four older adults and 64 young adults studied a word list, with recall cued with word stems tested straight away and at delays of twenty and sixty minutes. Automatic influences of memory generally showed no reliable age differences, and were invariant throughout the manipulation of attention. There was no interaction with age and the attentional manipulation or the time course factor.
Publication Name: Psychology and Aging
Subject: Seniors
ISSN: 0882-7974
Year: 1999
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Age differences in implicit memory: Fragmented object identification and category exemplar generation
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Age differences on two implicit tests, fragmented object identification (FOI) and category exemplar generation (CEG), were examined, as well as on tests of explicit memory, verbal fluency and attention. FOI results showed impaired perceptual skill learning in those over 60, and CEG priming was impaired in those over 80. Age represented 4-13% of the variance throughout the three implicit measures, when explicit memory was controlled. Results suggest that age has a small but reliable effect on implicit memory.
Publication Name: Psychology and Aging
Subject: Seniors
ISSN: 0882-7974
Year: 1999
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