Maylor, Elizabeth A. and Henson, Richard N. A.. (2000) Aging and the Ranschburg effect: no evidence of reduced response suppression in old age. Psychology and Aging, Vol.15 (No.4). pp. 657-670. ISSN 0882-7974

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Abstract

Two experiments tested 1 aspect of L. Hasher and R. T. Zacks's (1988) reduced inhibition hypothesis, namely, that old age impairs the ability to suppress information in working memory that is no longer relevant. In Experiment 1, young and older adults were asked to recall lists of letters in the correct order. Half of the lists contained repeated items while half were control lists. Recall of nonadjacent repeated items was worse than that of control items. This Ranschburg effect was larger (i.e., greater response suppression) in older than in young adults. In Experiment 2, young and order adults were required either to recall the list or to report if there was a repeated item. Repetition detection was high and similar in the 2 age groups. When age differences in overall performance were taken into account, there was evidence of increased repetition inhibition with age in both experiments. Thus, contrary to the general reduced inhibition hypothesis, the specific process of response suppression during serial recall is not reduced by aging.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology
Divisions:	Faculty of Science > Psychology
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Human information processing -- Age factors , Memory -- Age factors , Recollection (Psychology), Cognition — Age factors , Short-term memory
Journal or Publication Title:	Psychology and Aging
Publisher:	American Psychological Association
ISSN:	0882-7974
Date:	December 2000
Volume:	Vol.15
Number:	No.4
Number of Pages:	14
Page Range:	pp. 657-670
Identification Number:	10.1037//0882-7974.15.4.657
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Funder:	Medical Research Council (Great Britain) (MRC)
Grant number:	G9608199 (MRC), G9606610N (MRC)
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