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Ward, Geoff and Maylor, Elizabeth A. (2005) Age-related deficits in free recall : the role of rehearsal. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, Section A: Human Experimental Psychology, Vol.58 (No.1). pp. 98-119. doi:10.1080/02724980443000223 ISSN 0272-4987.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02724980443000223
Abstract
Age-related deficits have been consistently observed in free recall. Recent accounts of episodic memory suggest that these deficits could result from differential patterns of rehearsal. In the present study, 20 young and 20 older adults (mean ages 21 and 72 years, respectively) were presented with lists of 20 words for immediate free recall using the overt rehearsal methodology. The young outperformed the older adults at all serial positions. There were significant age-related differences in the patterns of overt rehearsals: Young adults rehearsed a greater number of different words than did older adults, they rehearsed words to more recent serial positions, and then rehearsals Were more widely distributed throughout the list. Consistent with a recency-based account of episodic memory, age deficits in free recall are largely attributable to age differences in the recency, frequency, and distribution of rehearsals.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology | ||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Psychology | ||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Memory -- Age factors, Recollection (Psychology) | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, Section A: Human Experimental Psychology | ||||
Publisher: | Psychology Press | ||||
ISSN: | 0272-4987 | ||||
Official Date: | January 2005 | ||||
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Volume: | Vol.58 | ||||
Number: | No.1 | ||||
Number of Pages: | 22 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 98-119 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1080/02724980443000223 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Conference Paper Type: | Poster | ||||
Title of Event: | 9th Cognitive Aging Conference | ||||
Type of Event: | Conference | ||||
Location of Event: | Atlanta, Georgia | ||||
Date(s) of Event: | April 2002 |
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