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Aging and reflective processes of working memory
— binding and test load deficits | | Author(s) | Karen J Mitchell, Marcia K Johnson, Carol L Raye |
| Journal title | Psychology and Aging, vol 15, no 3, September 2000 |
| Pages | pp 527-541 |
| Keywords | Memory and Reminiscence ; Mental clarity ; Mental ageing ; Memory disorders ; Young adults [20-25] ; Age groups [elderly] ; Comparison ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | It was hypothesised that age-related deficits in episodic memory for feature combinations signal, in part, decrements in the efficacy of reflective component processes that support the short-term maintenance and manipulation of information during encoding. Consistent with this, the age-related binding deficits in a working memory task were found in two experiments. Evidence for an age-related test load deficit were also found. Older people had greater difficulty than young adults when tested in two features rather than one, even when binding was not required. Thus, disruption of source memory for older people may involve deficits in both encoding processes (binding deficits) and monitoring processes (difficulty accessing multiple features, evaluating them, or both). (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-001024219 A |
| Classmark | DB: DF: D6: EH: SD6: BB: 48: 7T |
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