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The effects of personal relevance of topic and information type on older adults' accurate recall of written medical passages about osteoarthritis
Author(s)Morris A Okun, G Elizabeth Rice
Journal titleJournal of Aging and Health, vol 13, no 3, August 2001
Pagespp 410-429
KeywordsCognitive processes ; Learning capacity ; Memory and Reminiscence ; Arthritis.
AnnotationThe influence of information type (based on whether the text affirmed the reader's correct beliefs or disconfirmed the reader's erroneous beliefs) and self-reported osteoarthritis on older people's accurate recall of written medical passages about osteoarthritis were investigated. One week after reading the passages, 46 people aged 65-80 without osteoarthritis and 31 with osteoarthritis completed a cued recall task focusing on accurate memory of what the passage said. Disconfirming information was less accurately recalled than affirming information. Whereas self-reported osteoarthritis status was not significantly related to accurate recall of affirming information, it was significantly related to accurate recall of disconfirming information. Older people with osteoarthritis were more likely than those without osteoarthritis to misrepresent the content of passages as supporting their misconceptions. (RH).
Accession NumberCPA-010820205 A
ClassmarkDA: DE: DB: CLA

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