Testing Enhances Subsequent Learning in Older Adults

Interference susceptibility has been suggested to be a major factor for episodic memory impairment in healthy older adults. Previous work has shown that retrieval practice can reduce proactive interference and thus enhance learning and memory in younger adults, a finding referred to as the forward e...

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Published in:Psychology and aging 2019-03, Vol.34 (2), p.242-250
Main Authors: Pastötter, Bernhard, Bäuml, Karl-Heinz T.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adults
Age
Age Differences
Aging
Episodic Memory
Human
Interference (Learning)
Learning
Learning transfer
Memory
Middle age
Older people
Recall
Recall (Learning)
Retrieval
Susceptibility
Test validity and reliability
Testing
Young adults
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