Memory for context and its use in item memory: comparisons of younger and older persons
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Age-related differences in episodic word memory were examined. Young and old subjects' memory for words and for the font in which the words appeared was tested. Results showed that younger subjects had better memory for words and for the font than older subjects. However, no age-related differences were observed with regard to the encoding of perceptual-contextual information. Findings indicate that low levels of episodic word memory are not necessarily related to impairment in the encoding of perceptual-contextual information.
Publication Name: Psychology and Aging
Subject: Seniors
ISSN: 0882-7974
Year: 1995
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The attentional demands of encoding and retrieval in younger and older adults: 1. evidence from divided attention costs
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A new study investigates the role of attention in episodic memory encoding and retrieval in younger and older adults. Four experiments are conducted into free recall, cued recall and recognition. It is shown that dividing attention at memory retrieval has little effect, although older adults perform secondary tasks slower than younger adults. Most age-related differences in reaction time occurred during free recall, with the smallest taking place in recognition.
Publication Name: Psychology and Aging
Subject: Seniors
ISSN: 0882-7974
Year: 1998
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Adult age differences in controlled and automatic memory processing
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The memory capacity of groups of younger, middle-aged and older respondents was examined through a series of direct and indirect tests of word stem completion and a process-dissociation task. Results indicate that older participants had lower scores than the younger and middle-aged groups on the direct tests of stem completion. Age differences favoring younger adults occur on most tests of free recall, recognition and cued recall.
Publication Name: Psychology and Aging
Subject: Seniors
ISSN: 0882-7974
Year: 1997
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