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| Direct and indirect memory measures of temporal order: younger versus older adults | | Author(s) | Eli Vakil, Moshe Weise, Shmuel Enbar |
| Journal title | International Journal of Aging and Human Development, vol 45, no 3, 1997 |
| Pages | pp 195-206 |
| Keywords | Memory and Reminiscence ; Cognitive processes ; Older people ; Adults ; Israel. |
| Annotation | The memory changes associated with age are attributed to the deterioration of the frontal lobes, as well as to the middle temporal structures. Therefore, in addition to a decline in memory for facts and events, as found impaired in amnesiacs, a memory decline associated with age is predicted for tasks typically found impaired in frontal lobe patients (i.e., temporal order judgement). There are conflicting findings concerning whether indirect measures of memory for facts and events are associated with age. However, there are no studies that address this issue with regard to temporal order judgement. In this Israeli study, 30 younger and 30 older adults were tested on a list of words which was repeated five times in fixed or varying order. The number of words recalled, as well as their temporal judgements, were the direct measure of memory. The effect of consistency of order of presentation on the number or words recalled was the indirect measure of memory for temporal order. Results suggest that direct, but not the indirect measures of memory were related to age. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-980827241 A |
| Classmark | DB: DA: B: SD: 7H6 |
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