Specific-and partial-source memory: Effects of aging
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A study was conducted to examine the effects of aging on specific-source memory and partial-source memory with younger and older adults matched in terms of old-new recognition. The results suggest that aging does not differentially affect specific-source memory versus partial-source memory.
Publication Name: Psychology and Aging
Subject: Seniors
ISSN: 0882-7974
Year: 2004
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Plasticity of memory for new learning in very old age: a story of major loss?
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Plasticity of episodic memory performance in very old age was examined by an instructed and trained mnemonic skill. The results suggested that aging- induced biological factors were a prominent source of individual difference in cognitive plasticity in very old age.
Publication Name: Psychology and Aging
Subject: Seniors
ISSN: 0882-7974
Year: 2003
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Memory for contextual details: Effects of emotion and aging
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Memory for emotional component is often enhanced when individuals are confronted with a complex scene that includes some emotional element. A study was conducted to examine the effects of age and encoding instructions on this effect.
Publication Name: Psychology and Aging
Subject: Seniors
ISSN: 0882-7974
Year: 2005
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