Individual Differences in 16-Year Memory Changes

The authors analyzed the role of individual differences in age, gender, and 16-year declines in reasoning and vocabulary as predictors of 16-year changes in text and list recall and recognition in 82 adults aged 55-81 years at baseline. Declines in reasoning as well as being older at baseline predic...

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Published in:Psychology and aging 1998-12, Vol.13 (4), p.622-630
Main Authors: Zelinski, Elizabeth M, Stewart, Susan T
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Adult. Elderly
Age Differences
Age Factors
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Ageing
Aging
Aging - physiology
Aging - psychology
Biological and medical sciences
Changes
Chi-Square Distribution
Cognition & reasoning
Cognition - physiology
Cognitive Ability
Developmental psychology
Factors
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Human
Human Sex Differences
Humans
Individual Differences
Individuality
Longitudinal Studies
Male
Memory
Memory - physiology
Middle Aged
Older people
Psychological Tests
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Recall
Sex Characteristics
Sexes
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Summary:The authors analyzed the role of individual differences in age, gender, and 16-year declines in reasoning and vocabulary as predictors of 16-year changes in text and list recall and recognition in 82 adults aged 55-81 years at baseline. Declines in reasoning as well as being older at baseline predicted declines in text recall. Male gender and declining in vocabulary predicted declines in list recall. There were no reliable predictors of declines in recognition. The findings suggest that changes in abilities, as well as age and gender, predict declines on memory tasks. However, the specific predictors varied across tasks.
ISSN:0882-7974
1939-1498
DOI:10.1037/0882-7974.13.4.622