Narrative comprehension and aging: the fate of completed goal information

Article Abstract:

Comprehension among older adults is much the same as in younger adults once they have established a situation model. Older and younger adults do not differ in their ability to update the goal information of a situation model during the reading of a passage. This was the finding in a study of whether there is a difference between younger and older adults in reducing the availability of information about a completed goal in a situation model during narrative comprehension. Goal information was most available in the failed goal condition, less available in completed goal and least available in the neutral.

Middle aged persons, Psychological aspects, Comprehension

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Situation models and aging

Article Abstract:

Research describing memory retrieval with respect to aging is presented. Based on the ability to process text information, experiments showed that for older adults memory for situation model information was equivalent or superior to younger adults.

Memory in old age, Old age memory

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Aging and functional spatial relations in comprehension and memory

Article Abstract:

The spatial relationships, which are centered are presented. The result suggest that older adults' ability to process information at the situation model level is relatively more well preserved.

United States, Science & research, Health aspects, Aged, Elderly, Spatial behavior, Spatial behaviour, Human spatial behavior

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