[en] Memory for times of past events depends on direct impressions of the temporal “distances” of the events in the past and the reconstruction of temporal “locations. Two studies shed light on the possible neurological basis of location-based processes. In an ERP study, adults performed tasks thought to bias subjects to use distance or location processes. Late frontal activity was specifically linked to location-based processes. In another study using the same tasks, aging was found to disrupt location-based processes more than distance-based processes. Age-related differences in the use of location-based processes were mediated by speed of processing and by working-memory capacities.
Disciplines :
Theoretical & cognitive psychology
Author, co-author :
Bastin, Christine ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Centre de recherches du cyclotron
Friedman, William J.; Oberlin College
Language :
English
Title :
Distance and location processes in memory for time : An update
Publication date :
2004
Event name :
28th International Congress of Psychology ICP 2004