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| Differential effects of everyday stress on the episodic memory test performances of young, mid-life and older adults | | Author(s) | D D VonDras, M R Powless, A K Olson |
| Journal title | Aging & Mental Health, vol 9, no 1, January 2005 |
| Pages | pp 60-70 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Stress ; Memory and Reminiscence ; Mental clarity ; Performance ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Understanding the effects of stress on memory is important to furthering our knowledge of how memory may change with advancing age. In this University of Wisconsin study, participants were 98 community-dwelling adults aged 19-89. Everyday stress was assessed via the Perceived Stress Scale and the Elder Life Stress Inventory. A brief battery of episodic memory tests was administered, which included tests of logical memory, verbal paired associates, digit symbol substitutes, and digit symbol incidental learning. Results suggest that everyday hassles and irritations as well as the accumulation of challenging life events may exacerbate age-related decline on episodic memory tests that require greater intellectual power. The functional relationship between affective status and risk for dementia is discussed, and consideration of individual differences in everyday stress is suggested so as to allow more sensitive interpretation of episodic memory tests commonly used to discern mild cognitive impairment. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-050203221 A |
| Classmark | QNH: DB: DF: 5H: 7T |
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