No full text
Poster (Scientific congresses and symposiums)
The impact of age on the temporal compression of daily-life events in episodic memory
Folville, Adrien; Jeunehomme, Olivier; Bastin, Christine et al.
2019Annual meeting of the Belgian Association for Psychological Science
 

Files


Full Text
No document available.

Send to



Details



Keywords :
episodic memory; aging; temporal compression
Abstract :
[en] Recent evidence suggests that the dynamic flow of information that constitutes daily-life events is remembered as moments of prior experience separated by temporal gaps. To date, however, how aging impacts this process of compression of past experience in episodic memory has received little attention. To examine this question, young and older adults incidentally engaged in daily-life activities while wearing a camera. Subsequently, participants were cued with pictures taken by the wearable camera and were asked to mentally relive corresponding events in as much detail as possible. Results revealed that rates of temporal compression of events when remembering were similar in young and older adults. In both groups, these rates of compression were higher when remembering goal-directed actions compared to spatial displacements. Furthermore, the amount of detail within recalled moments did not differ between age-groups. Taken together, these results support the view that episodic memories represent the unfolding of events as compressed short-time slices of past experience. Our findings also suggest that these mechanisms of compression remain stable with increasing age which highlights the importance of using ecological approaches that capture the complexity of real-life events to examine age-related changes in episodic memory.
Research center :
GIGA-CRC In Vivo Imaging
Disciplines :
Neurosciences & behavior
Author, co-author :
Folville, Adrien ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > CRC In vivo Imaging-Aging & Memory
Jeunehomme, Olivier  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de Psychologie > Département de Psychologie
Bastin, Christine  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > CRC In vivo Imaging-Aging & Memory
D'Argembeau, Arnaud  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de Psychologie > Département de Psychologie
Language :
English
Title :
The impact of age on the temporal compression of daily-life events in episodic memory
Publication date :
14 May 2019
Event name :
Annual meeting of the Belgian Association for Psychological Science
Event date :
14th of May 2019
Audience :
International
Funders :
Fédération Wallonie Bruxelles. Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique - F.R.S.-FNRS
Available on ORBi :
since 16 May 2019

Statistics


Number of views
136 (8 by ULiège)
Number of downloads
0 (0 by ULiège)

Bibliography


Similar publications



Contact ORBi