Retrieving autobiographical memories in autobiographical contexts: are age-related differences in narrated episodic specificity present outside of the laboratory?

Autor: Hernandez DA; Psychology Department, The University of Arizona, Tucson, USA. danielh5@arizona.edu., Griffith CX; Psychology Department, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, USA., Deffner AM; Psychology Department, The University of Arizona, Tucson, USA., Nkulu H; Psychology Department, The University of Arizona, Tucson, USA., Hovhannisyan M; Psychology Department, The University of Arizona, Tucson, USA., Ruiz JM; Psychology Department, The University of Arizona, Tucson, USA., Andrews-Hanna JR; Psychology Department, The University of Arizona, Tucson, USA.; Cognitive Sciences, The University of Arizona, Tucson, USA.; Neurology Department, The University of Arizona, Tucson, USA., Grilli MD; Psychology Department, The University of Arizona, Tucson, USA.; Cognitive Sciences, The University of Arizona, Tucson, USA.; Neurology Department, The University of Arizona, Tucson, USA.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Psychological research [Psychol Res] 2024 Jul; Vol. 88 (5), pp. 1437-1447. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Apr 04.
DOI: 10.1007/s00426-024-01938-9
Abstrakt: The Autobiographical Interview, a method for evaluating detailed memory of real-world events, reliably detects differences in episodic specificity at retrieval between young and older adults in the laboratory. Whether this age-associated reduction in episodic specificity for autobiographical event retrieval is present outside of the laboratory remains poorly understood. We used a videoconference format to administer the Autobiographical Interview to cognitively unimpaired older adults (N = 49, M = 69.5, SD = 5.94) and young adults (N = 54, M = 22.5, SD = 4.19) who were in their homes at the time of retrieval. Relative to young adults, older adults showed reduced episodic specificity in their home environment, as reflected by fewer episodic or "internal" details (t (101) = 3.23, p = 0.009) and more "external" details (i.e., semantic, language-based details) (t (101) = 3.60, p = 0.003). These findings, along with detail subtype profiles in the narratives, bolster the ecological validity of the Autobiographical Interview and add promise to the use of virtual cognitive testing to improve the accessibility, participant diversity, scalability, and ecological validity of memory research.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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