Investigating the Effects of Veridicality on Age Differences in Verbal Working Memory

Autor/inn/en	Shake, Matthew C.; Perschke, Meghan K.
Titel	Investigating the Effects of Veridicality on Age Differences in Verbal Working Memory
Quelle	In: International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 76 (2013) 3, S.215-225 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0091-4150
Schlagwörter	Age Differences; Sentences; Short Term Memory; Verbal Communication; Task Analysis; Recall (Psychology); Performance; Aging (Individuals); Role + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Sentence analysis; Satzanalyse; Kurzzeitgedächtnis; Aufgabenanalyse; Abberufung; Achievement; Leistung; Aging; Altern; Rollen
Abstract	In the typical loaded verbal working memory (WM) span task (e.g., Daneman & Carpenter, 1980), participants judge the veridicality of a series of sentences while simultaneously storing the sentence final word for later recall. Performance declines as the number of sentences is increased; aging exacerbates this decline. The present study examined whether veridicality (whether the sentence was true or false) moderated age differences on a verbal working memory task. Results suggested that veridicality interacted with age and span size such that older adults were more negatively affected by false sentences, particularly under the lowest WM demands. Findings are discussed in terms of the role that veridicality may play in age differences in verbal working memory. (Contains 1 table and 1 figure.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10