Age-related differences in memory for "who," "when," and "where" are detectable in middle-aged adults.

Autor: Van Etten, Emily, Sumida, Catherine, Graves, Lisa, Holden, Heather, Lopez, Francesca, Mustafa, Andrea, Gilbert, Paul E.
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Zdroj: Aging, Neuropsychology & Cognition; Sep2022, Vol. 29 Issue 5, p733-745, 13p
Abstrakt: Our study examined age-related differences across the adult lifespan using a recently developed test assessing memory for "who, when, and where" in addition to associations among these elements. Young (ages 18–25), middle-aged (ages 40–55), and older adults (ages 60+) were asked to remember a sequence of pictures of different faces paired with different places and place the pairs in the correct sequence. Young adults remembered significantly mores face-place pairs in the correct sequence than middle-aged (p <.05) and older adults (p <.05), but there were no significant differences between middle-aged and older adults. Furthermore, young adults remembered significantly more face-place pairs irrespective of sequence than older adults (p <.05). However, there were no other significant differences among the groups.Using a rapidly administered test that integrates aspects of everyday episodic memory, we found evidence for age-related differences in test performance beginning in middle age. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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