The Development of Memory Efficiency and Value-Directed Remembering across the Life Span: A Cross-Sectional Study of Memory and Selectivity

Autor/inn/en	Castel, Alan D.; Humphreys, Kathryn L.; Lee, Steve S.; Galvan, Adriana; Balota, David A.; McCabe, David P.
Titel	The Development of Memory Efficiency and Value-Directed Remembering across the Life Span: A Cross-Sectional Study of Memory and Selectivity
Quelle	In: Developmental Psychology, 47 (2011) 6, S.1553-1564 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0012-1649
DOI	10.1037/a0025623
Schlagwörter	Young Adults; Older Adults; Memory; Attention; Task Analysis; Recall (Psychology); Adolescents; Children; Age Differences; Cognitive Development; Aging (Individuals); Metacognition; Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Young adult; Junger Erwachsener; Älterer Erwachsener; Gedächtnis; Aufmerksamkeit; Aufgabenanalyse; Abberufung; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Child; Kind; Kinder; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Kognitive Entwicklung; Aging; Altern; Meta cognitive ability; Meta-cognition; Metakognitive Fähigkeit; Metakognition; USA
Abstract	Although attentional control and memory change considerably across the life span, no research has examined how the ability to strategically remember important information (i.e., value-directed remembering) changes from childhood to old age. The present study examined this in different age groups across the life span (N = 320, 5-96 years old). A selectivity task was used in which participants were asked to study and recall items worth different point values in order to maximize their point score. This procedure allowed for measures of memory quantity/capacity (number of words recalled) and memory efficiency/selectivity (the recall of high-value items relative to low-value items). Age-related differences were found for memory capacity, as young adults recalled more words than the other groups. However, in terms of selectivity, younger and older adults were more selective than adolescents and children. The dissociation between these measures across the life span illustrates important age-related differences in terms of memory capacity and the ability to selectively remember high-value information. (Contains 2 tables, 1 footnote and 3 figures.) (As Provided).
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