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Autor*innen: Noack, Hannes; Lövdén, Martin; Schmiedek, Florian; Lindenberger, Ulman
Titel: Age-related differences in temporal and spatial dimensions of episodic memory performance before and after hundred days of practice
In: Psychology and Aging, 28 (2013) 2, S. 467-480
DOI: 10.1037/a0031489
URL: https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2013-05949-001
Dokumenttyp: 3a. Beiträge in begutachteten Zeitschriften; Aufsatz (keine besondere Kategorie)
Sprache: Englisch
Schlagwörter: Altern; Altersgruppe; Deutschland; Empirische Untersuchung; Erwachsener; Gedächtnis; Kognitive Prozesse; Leistung; Messung; Training; Unterschied; Wirkung
Abstract: Normal aging impairs the representation and integration (binding) of spatial and temporal context in
episodic memory. We directly compare age differences in episodic memory in relation to processing
spatial and temporal context. As part of the COGITO study, 101 younger and 103 older participants
trained an object-location serial recall task for 100 sessions. Training exacerbated the recall deficit of
older relative to younger adults. Younger adults improved in recall performance on both spatial and
temporal dimensions. In contrast, older adults improved on the spatial dimension only. Individual
differences in pretest performance and change were positively correlated across dimensions among
younger adults but negatively related among older adults. We conclude that older adults are impaired at
simultaneously processing spatial and temporal context and preferentially process spatial at the expense
of temporal context.
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