The abridged Dutch Metamemory in Adulthood (MIA) questionnaire: structure and effects of age, sex, and education

Article Abstract:

The Dutch version of the Metamemory in Adulthood (MIA) questionnaire serves as an efficient research and clinical tool to assess subjective memory in relation to subjects' age, sex, and education. Capacity, Change, Anxiety, Achievement, and Strategy subscales bring out age effects on memory functioning. However, it shows only insignificant effects on memory due to sex and education differences. Cross-national use of MIA is possible, as shown by a study with 1,899 subjects aged between 24 and 86 years.

Psychological aspects, Memory, Test validity, Sex differences, Psychological tests, Age groups

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Effects of age and gender on discrete and reciprocal aiming movements

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A study of the influence of age and sex on discrete or reciprocal aiming tasks shows that greater age is strongly related to slower movement times. Discrete tasks show larger increments in movement time than reciprocal tasks. Reasons for larger aging effects in discrete tasks include poorer adaptability of older people to novel situations and lower efficiency in processing feedback information as compared to younger adults. Results are based on a sample of 141 subjects, divided into six age groups.

Research, Motor ability, Motor skills, Ability, Influence of age on

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Memory self-efficacy predicts memory performance: Results from a 6-year follow-up study

Article Abstract:

A study was conducted to examine the relationship between memory self-efficacy and a six-year follow-up assessment of memory functioning in a sample of Dutch older adults. An extreme groups analysis of the Metamemory in Adulthood Change score revealed a pattern of performance for those who perceived that their memory was worsening, performing less well on the three trials of the Visual Verbal Learning Test when these were readministered at the six-year fellow-up.

Analysis, Metacognition, Self-efficacy (Psychology), Self efficacy, Adulthood

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