EFFECTS OF DIVISION OF ATTENTION DURING ENCODING AND RETRIEVAL ON AGE-DIFFERENCES IN EPISODIC MEMORY

Citation
L. Nyberg et al., EFFECTS OF DIVISION OF ATTENTION DURING ENCODING AND RETRIEVAL ON AGE-DIFFERENCES IN EPISODIC MEMORY, Experimental aging research, 23(2), 1997, pp. 137-143
Citations number
10
Language
INGLESE
art.tipo
Article
Categorie Soggetti
Geiatric & Gerontology",Psychology
Journal title
ISSN journal
0361-073X
Volume
23
Issue
2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
137 - 143
Database
ISI
SICI code
0361-073X(1997)23:2<137:EODOAD>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
This study examined the effects of dual task requirements on age diffe rences in free recall performance. One thousand adults ranging in age between 35 and 80 years performed a word recall task alone and concurr ently with a card-sorting task (at encoding, retrieval, or both). Age differences in memory performance were substantial under single task c onditions, but after correcting memory performance under dual task con ditions for differences in single task performance, age did nor predic t performance. These results do not support the hypothesis that reduce d attentional capacity in old age is underlying age differences in epi sodic memory.