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Peer reviewedBaltes, Paul B.; Kliegl, Reinhold – Developmental Psychology, 1992
Tested the ability of 19 older adults, given additional training in a mental imagination technique, to approach the performance of 16 younger adults on serial word recall tasks. Results indicated that negative age differences in older adults' performance were substantial, resistant to extensive practice, and applicable to all subjects. (BC)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Encoding (Psychology), Foreign Countries
Download full textReese, Hayne W.; And Others – 1989
A cross-sectional study that investigated memory variables in 100 subjects in 4 age ranges (17-22, 40-50, 60-70, and 75-99) found that the 60-70 year olds were more impaired with respect to retrieval than storage and the major problem with memory among the 75-99 year olds was retrieval from short- or long-term memory. Because the study was…
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Cross Sectional Studies, Encoding (Psychology)
