How does aging affect the types of error made in a visual short-term memory ‘object-recall’ task?

How does aging affect the types of error made in a visual short-term memory ‘object-recall’ task?

This study examines how normal aging affects the occurrence of different types of incorrect responses in a visual short-term memory object-recall task. Seventeen young (Mean = 23.3 years, SD = 3.76), and 17 normally aging older (Mean = 66.5 years, SD = 6.30) adults participated. Memory stimuli compr...

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Main Authors: Raju P Sapkota, Ian van der eLinde, Shahina ePardhan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience
Subjects:
age differences
memory load
recency
object-recall
memory objects
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnagi.2014.00346/full

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