Memory for Pictures, Words, and Spatial Location in Older Adults: Evidence for Pictorial Superiority.

Park, Denise Cortis; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ286404

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Publication Date: 1983

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Memory for Pictures, Words, and Spatial Location in Older Adults: Evidence for Pictorial Superiority.

Park, Denise Cortis; And Others

Journal of Gerontology, v38 n5 p582-88 Sep 1983

Tested recognition memory for items and spatial location by varying picture and word stimuli across four slide quadrants. Results showed a pictorial superiority effect for item recognition and a greater ability to remember the spatial location of pictures versus words for both old and young adults (N=95). (WAS)

Descriptors: Age Differences, Aging (Individuals), Cognitive Style, College Students, Higher Education, Memory, Older Adults, Pictorial Stimuli, Spatial Ability

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