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Modality Differences in Timing and Temporal Memory throughout the Lifespan
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Lustig, Cindy; Meck, Warren H. – Brain and Cognition, 2011
The perception of time is heavily influenced by attention and memory, both of which change over the lifespan. In the current study, children (8 yrs), young adults (18-25 yrs), and older adults (60-75 yrs) were tested on a duration bisection procedure using 3 and 6-s auditory and visual signals as anchor durations. During test, participants were…
Descriptors: Visual Stimuli, Young Adults, Older Adults, Memory
Normative Ideas of Life and Autobiographical Reasoning in Life Narratives
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Bohn, Annette – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2011
Autobiographical reasoning is closely related to the development of normative ideas about life as measured by the cultural life script. The acquisition of a life script is an important prerequisite for autobiographical reasoning because children learn through the life script which events are expected to go into their life story, and when to expect…
Descriptors: Personal Narratives, Self Concept, Autobiographies, Reflection
The Effects of a Shift in Background Event Rate on the Vigilance Performance of the Mentally Retarded.
Hayden, Alys M.; Tomporowski, Phillip D. – 1988
This research study evaluated the effects of memory demand on sustained attention, by varying the time interval between the presentations of stimuli in a cognitive vigilance task. Sixteen retarded and 16 nonretarded adult observers performed four 60-minute visual vigilance tasks in which single digits were presented sequentially and successively…
Descriptors: Adults, Attention, Attention Span, Comparative Analysis
Spatial and Temporal Memory in 20 and 60 Year Olds.
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And Others; Perlmutter, Marion – Journal of Gerontology, 1981
No age difference was observed on the temporal task, but older adults performed worse on the spatial task. Results indicate normal aging is not associated with poor encoding or retention of all types of information, but affects retention of some information often assumed to be encoded automatically. (Author)
Descriptors: Adult Development, Age Differences, Aging (Individuals), Comparative Analysis
A Developmental Analysis of Story Recall and Comprehension in Adulthood.
Mandel, Rhonda G.; Johnson, Nancy S. – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1984
Examines the role of organization in adults' processing of stories. Canonical stories were better recalled than noncanonical stories by all three age groups (young, middle-aged, and old adults), and a variety of measures indicated that older adults' recall was both quantitatively and qualitatively similar to that of young adults. (SL)
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Comparative Analysis
Category Accessibility and Recall Accuracy: The Impact of Exposure to Mass Media in Witness Recall Situations.
Tamborini, Ron; And Others – 1985
The R.S. Wyer and T.K. Srull model suggests that when humans process information and store it in memory they create construct categories that are somewhat like storage bins. According to this model, when information is placed in these bins, it is stored in the order that it is received or used, with the most recently processed information always…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Encoding (Psychology), Higher Education, Information Processing