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Brown, Helen and Maylor, Elizabeth A. (2017) Memory consolidation effects on memory stabilization and item integration in older adults. Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, 24 (4). pp. 1032-1039. doi:10.3758/s13423-016-1197-0
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Official URL: http://doi.org/10.3758/s13423-016-1197-0
Abstract
This study examined the differential effects of aging on consolidation processes that strengthen newly-acquired memory traces in veridical form (memory stabilization) versus consolidation processes that are responsible for integrating these memory traces into an existing body of knowledge (item integration). Older adults learned 13 nonwords and were tested on their memory for the nonwords, and on whether these nonwords impacted upon processing of similar-sounding English words immediately and 24 hours later. Participants accurately recognized the nonwords immediately, but showed significant decreases in delayed recognition and recall. In comparison, the nonwords impacted upon processing of similar-sounding words only in the delayed test. Together these findings suggest that memory consolidation processes may be more evident in item integration than memory stabilization processes for new declarative memories in older adults.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology | ||||||||
| Divisions: | Faculty of Science > Psychology | ||||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Memory in old age -- Testing, Older people -- Psychology, Older people -- Language, Aging, Mnemonics | ||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Psychonomic Bulletin and Review | ||||||||
| Publisher: | Psychonomic Society | ||||||||
| ISSN: | 1069-9384 | ||||||||
| Official Date: | August 2017 | ||||||||
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| Volume: | 24 | ||||||||
| Number: | 4 | ||||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 1032-1039 | ||||||||
| DOI: | 10.3758/s13423-016-1197-0 | ||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Open Access | ||||||||
| Funder: | University of Warwick Global Research Priorities Behavioural Science |
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