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Antimnemonic effects of schemas in young and older adults

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Badham, Stephen P. and Maylor, Elizabeth A. (2016) Antimnemonic effects of schemas in young and older adults. Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition, 23 (1). pp. 78-102. doi:10.1080/13825585.2015.1048774 ISSN 1382-5585.

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Abstract

Schema-consistent material that is aligned with an individual’s knowledge and experience is typically more memorable than abstract material. This effect is often more extreme in older adults and schema use can alleviate age deficits in memory. In three experiments, young and older adults completed memory tasks where the availability of schematic information was manipulated. Specifying nonobvious relations between to-be-remembered word pairs paradoxically hindered memory (Experiment 1). Highlighting relations within mixed lists of related and unrelated word pairs had no effect on memory for those pairs (Experiment 2). This occurred even though related word pairs were recalled better than unrelated word pairs, particularly for older adults. Revealing a schematic context in a memory task with abstract image segments also hindered memory performance, particularly for older adults (Experiment 3). The data show that processing schematic information can come with costs that offset mnemonic benefits associated with schema-consistent stimuli.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: Q Science > QP Physiology
Divisions: Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Psychology
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Aging
Journal or Publication Title: Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISSN: 1382-5585
Official Date: 2016
Dates:
DateEvent
2016Published
18 May 2015Available
1 May 2015Accepted
11 February 2015Submitted
Volume: 23
Number: 1
Page Range: pp. 78-102
DOI: 10.1080/13825585.2015.1048774
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Open Access (Creative Commons)
Date of first compliant deposit: 10 December 2015
Date of first compliant Open Access: 10 December 2015

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