No Evidence for Improved Associative Memory Performance Following Process-Based Associative Memory Training in Older Adults
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2017-01Typ
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Abstract
Studies attempting to improve episodic memory performance with strategy instructions and training have had limited success in older adults: their training gains are limited in comparison to those of younger adults and do not generalize to untrained tasks and contexts. This limited success has been partly attributed to age-related impairments in associative binding of information into coherent episodes. We therefore investigated potential training and transfer effects of process-based associative memory training (i.e., repeated practice). Thirty-nine older adults (Mage = 68.8) underwent 6 weeks of either adaptive associative memory training or item recognition training. Both groups improved performance in item memory, spatial memory (object-context binding) and reasoning. A disproportionate effect of associative memory training was only observed for item memory, whereas no training-related performance changes were observed for associative memory. Self-reported strategies showed no signs of spontaneous development of memory-enhancing associative memory strategies. Hence, the results do not support the hypothesis that process-based associative memory training leads to higher associative memory performance in older adults. Mehr anzeigen
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https://doi.org/10.3929/ethz-b-000234557Publikationsstatus
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Frontiers in Aging NeuroscienceBand
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Frontiers MediaThema
associative memory; older adults; cognitive training; transfer; episodic memoryOrganisationseinheit
02803 - Collegium Helveticum / Collegium Helveticum
ETH Bibliographie
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