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Gu, Xuan; Tse, Chi-Shing; Chan, Meingold Hiu-Ming – Applied Cognitive Psychology, 2020
Transition theory posits that autobiographical memories are organized by major life transitions, which is often supported by the Living-in-History effect that occurs when people frequently refer to public events to support their date estimates of personal events. In the present study, 52 Chinese older adults in Hong Kong recalled autobiographical…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Older Adults, Autobiographies, Memory
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Boulton-Lewis, Gillian M.; Pike, Lucinda; Tam, Maureen; Buys, Laurie – Educational Gerontology, 2017
In this article, the discussion of loss and its relationship to learning is based on the analysis of interview data from 39 older adults in Hong Kong and 40 in Australia. The focus of the research was on ageing and learning. The phenomenon of life changes, specifically losses, and their relationship to learning was frequently mentioned, and this…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Older Adults, Learning, Foreign Countries