Maylor, Elizabeth A. and Badham, Stephen P. (2015) Data for Age Differences in the Implementation of Knowledge and Experience to Support Memory. [Dataset]

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Abstract

As the proportion of older adults in society continues to rise in the 21 century, geriatric research is becoming increasingly important. Ageing results in the decline of both physical and cognitive abilities and the most widespread cognitive decline is a reduction in memory ability. Recent research has found that when information is consistent with an individual’s knowledge and experience, it is easier to remember than abstract information and older adults appear to benefit from this effect more than do young adults. For example, when people are asked to remember an association between two words, age differences in memory performance are smaller for related word pairs (article-book, fatigue-sleep) compared to unrelated word pairs (article-lapel, fatigue-glass). It may therefore be possible to improve memory, particularly for older adults, by encouraging individuals to use knowledge and information that they are familiar with to support memory processes. The project will use a range of memory tests to investigate how people can use knowledge about the world to distinguish between different information in memory during retrieval; improve the chances of thinking in the same way when encoding information and when retrieving information; and reduce the amount of effort required to successfully encode and retrieve information.

Item Type:	Dataset
Alternative Title:	Experimental Ageing Data
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology
Divisions:	Faculty of Science > Psychology
Type of Data:	Observational data
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Memory in old age
Publisher:	UK Data Archive
Official Date:	18 December 2015
Dates:	Date Event 18 December 2015 Published 16 August 2018 Updated
Collection date:	Date from Date to 10 October 2012 30 September 2015
Status:	Not Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Media of Output:	.pdf .xlsx .doc
Access rights to Published version:	Open Access
Copyright Holders:	Nottingham Trent University
Description:	Data record consists of 3 zip files, each with their own data file, codebook and ReadMe file, as well as the publication resulting. The data are a series of studies investigating how knowledge and experience may help alleviate age deficits in memory. Further information about data collection methods are listed under the 'Coverage and Methodology' section of the UK Data Service entry.
RIOXX Funder/Project Grant:	Project/Grant ID RIOXX Funder Name Funder ID ES/K002732/1 [ESRC] Economic and Social Research Council http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000269
Related URLs:	Related item in WRAP Other
Contributors:	Contribution Name Contributor ID Contact Person Badham, Stephen P. 53595

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