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Encoding and Retrieval Differences between Young and Old: The Impact of Attentional Capacity Usage.
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Duchek, Janet M. – Developmental Psychology, 1984
Investigates (1) whether the semantic processing deficit in the aged can be attributed to age differences in attentional capacity usage during encoding and (2) age differences in terms of the interaction between encoding and retrieval operations. Subjects engaged in both primary (semantic, rhyme, arithmetic questions) and secondary…
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Attention, Cognitive Ability
Effects of Aging on Memory for Presentation Modality.
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Lehman, Elyse Brauch; Mellinger, Jeanne C. – Developmental Psychology, 1984
Examines evidence for the automatic processing of information about presentation modality in older adults. Younger and older adults learned a list of nouns through auditory and visual presentation modes, recalled target words, and identified the presentation modality of each word. Results suggested automatic processing for modality memory and some…
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Auditory Stimuli, Encoding (Psychology)