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The effects of aging on the recognition of different types of associations
Bastin, Christine; Van der Linden, Martial
2006In Experimental Aging Research, 32, p. 61-77
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Keywords :
aging; associative memory; recognition memory
Abstract :
[en] The present study examined how aging influences item and associative recognition memory, and compared memory for two types of associations: associations between the same kinds of information and associations between different kinds of information. A group of young adults and a group of older adults performed a forced-choice face recognition task and two multitrial forced-choice associative recognition tasks, assessing memory for face-face and face-spatial location associations. The results showed disproportionate age-related decline of associative recognition compared to intact item recognition. Moreover, aging affected both types of associative tasks in the same way. The findings support an associative deficit hypothesis (Naveh-Benjamin, Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory and Cognition, 26, 1170–1187, 2000), which attributes a substantial part of the age effect on episodic memory tasks to difficulty with binding individual components into a cohesive memory trace. This associative deficit seems to affect same-information associations, as well as different-information associations.
Disciplines :
Neurosciences & behavior
Author, co-author :
Bastin, Christine  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Psychopathologie Cognitive
Van der Linden, Martial ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences cognitives > Psychopathologie cognitive
Language :
English
Title :
The effects of aging on the recognition of different types of associations
Publication date :
2006
Journal title :
Experimental Aging Research
ISSN :
0361-073X
eISSN :
1096-4657
Publisher :
Taylor & Francis, Philadelphia, United States - Pennsylvania
Volume :
32
Pages :
61-77
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
Funders :
F.R.S.-FNRS - Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique [BE]
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