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Response latencies for false memories
— gist-based processes in normal aging | | Author(s) | Patricia A Tun, Arthur Wingfield, Merri J Rosen |
| Journal title | Psychology and Aging, vol 13, no 2, June 1998 |
| Pages | pp 230-241 |
| Keywords | Memory and Reminiscence ; Mental speed ; Learning capacity ; Mental ageing ; Age groups [elderly] ; Young adults [20-25] ; Correlation ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Three experiments have demonstrated that age-related increases in both probability and speed of false recognitions for word lists depended on the use of a gist-based memory strategy. When test conditions promoted a gist strategy, both younger and older participants were as likely to falsely recognise a thematically associated lure as to correctly recognise a studied item, and both groups were equally fast in making these decisions. However, when test conditions de-emphasised a gist-based strategy, older adults were more likely than younger adults, and faster, to falsely recognise both strong and weakly associated lures. These findings suggest an age-related increase in reliance on gist-based processing that may underlie age differences in false memory. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-980812003 A |
| Classmark | DB: DG: DE: D6: BB: SD6: 49: 7T |
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