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Accuracy and qualities of real and suggested memories
— nonspecific age differences | | Author(s) | Mara E Karpel, WIlliam J Hoyer, Michael P Toglia |
| Journal title | Journals of Gerontology: Series B, Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, vol 56B, no 2, March 2001 |
| Pages | pp P103-P110 |
| Keywords | Memory and Reminiscence ; Age groups [elderly] ; Young adults [20-25] ; Comparison ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Possible adult age differences in the extent to which memories are susceptible to suggestive influences are described, coupled with a comparison of the magnitude of age-related differences in the suggestibility of memory for observed information. After seeing either one or two exposures of a vignette depicting a theft, young adults (mean age 19) and older people (mean age 73) were given misleading information that suggested the presence of particular objects in the episode. Memory accuracy was higher for the younger than the older people, and the frequency of falsely reporting the presence of suggested objects was greater for older than younger adults. Further, levels of confidence and vividness ratings of the perceptual attitudes (colours, locations) of falsely recognised items were higher for older than younger adults. Age differences in the suggestibility of memory were attributed to non-specific or nondissociated memory ageing effects. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-010418207 A |
| Classmark | DB: BB: SD6: 48: 7T |
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