Associative and Strategic Components of Episodic Memory: A Life-Span Dissociation

Autor/inn/en	Shing, Yee Lee; Werkle-Bergner, Markus; Li, Shu-Chen; Lindenberger, Ulman
Titel	Associative and Strategic Components of Episodic Memory: A Life-Span Dissociation
Quelle	In: Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 137 (2008) 3, S.495-513 (19 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0096-3445
DOI	10.1037/0096-3445.137.3.495
Schlagwörter	Age Differences; Recognition (Psychology); Recall (Psychology); Memorization; Associative Learning; Cognitive Processes; Task Analysis + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Recognition; Wiedererkennen; Abberufung; Gedächtnistraining; Cognitive process; Kognitiver Prozess; Aufgabenanalyse
Abstract	The authors investigated the strategic component (i.e., elaboration and organization of episodic features) and the associative component (i.e., binding processes) of episodic memory and their interactions in 4 age groups (10-12, 13-15, 20-25, and 70-75 years of age). On the basis of behavioral and neural evidence, the authors hypothesized that the two components are functionally related but follow different life-span gradients. In a fully crossed design, age differences in recognition memory for single words versus word pairs (associative demand manipulation) were examined under instructions that emphasized item, pair, or elaborative-pair encoding (strategy manipulation). As predicted, the results showed that the strategic and associative components follow different life-span trajectories. Relative to younger adults, children's difficulties in episodic memory primarily reflected lower levels of strategic functioning. In contrast, older adults showed impairments in both strategic and associative components. The authors conclude that the comparison of strategic and associative components of episodic memory across the life span helps to delineate the two components' unique and interactive contributions to episodic memory performance. (Contains 3 figures, 5 footnotes, and 3 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10