Post-event review in older and younger adults: improving memory accessibility of complex everyday events

Article Abstract:

Two experiments were performed to investigate the extent in which the memories of younger and older adults were enhanced in the recall and comparison of everyday events viewed on a videotape and those recorded on photographs. The participants were subjected to free-recall tests and generic recall of events. Results revealed that the review of events through photographs or verbal descriptions improved the study participants' recall capabilities. Younger adults recalled events more consistently regardless of reminder type.

Aging, Memory, Recollection (Psychology), Recall (Memory)

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False recollection induced by photographs: a comparison of older and younger adults

Article Abstract:

Memory can be distorted and this may be a particular problem with older people who may not remember where newly acquired information has come from. Older people tend to value photographs which are perceived as memory cues. They have been found to be more prone to younger people to mistakenly claim memory of an event only seen in photographs. This problem with identifying the source does not appear to originate from a general problem of weak memory, though further research is needed to test this.

Aged, Elderly, Memory in old age, Old age memory

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