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Age-related impairment in an event-based prospective-memory task

Article Abstract:

Individuals between the age of 50 and 60 perform better in naming and prospective-memory tasks than those in the age group of 70 to 80. Prospective-memory task studies show that the probability of forgetting increases and that of recovery decreases with age. The effects of age are visible even after measures of ability such as intelligence, speed, and naming performance have been considered. Performance in naming tasks is unrelated to performance in prospective-memory tasks.

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Distribution of important and word-cued autobiographical memories in 20-, 35-, and 70-year-old adults

Article Abstract:

The ability of older adults to recall autobiographical events is greatest for those events that occurred between ages 10-years-old and 30-years-old, described as a bump. Memories can be triggered by word cues. All adults have fewer memories from childhood than from other years. Older adults aged 70-years-old and 73-years-old are less likely to recall recent events than are younger adults. Memories from the bump period only differ from other memories in being more frequent.

Psychological aspects, Aged, Elderly

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Long-term cued recall of tasks in senile dementia

Article Abstract:

Participant-performed tasks (PPT) encoding and retrieval encoding help later recall in participants with Alzheimer's senile dementia. PPT encoding associated with retrieval enhances the chances of task performance during final recall in participants. Repetition in the absence of PPT or retrieval is ineffective in increasing the chances of performance. The participants' ability to recall ranges between 1 hour and 1 day.

Analysis, Senile dementia, Participant observation, Participatory research

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