Memory and aging: The role of retrieval processes

A review of the literature demonstrates that production deficiency hypotheses are unable to account fully for the fact that older adults perform more poorly on memory tasks than young adults. The possibility is explored that age-related differences are due to changes in fundamental processes involve...

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Published in:Psychological bulletin 1981-11, Vol.90 (3), p.513-546
Main Authors: Burke, Deborah M, Light, Leah L
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Age Differences
Aged
Aging
Cognition - physiology
Human
Human Information Storage
Humans
INFORMATION RETRIEVAL
Literature Review
Memory
Mental Recall
OLD PEOPLE
POLITICAL BEHAVIOR
POLITICAL PSYCHOLOGY
PSYCHOLOGY AND PSYCHIATRY
ROLE, REFERENCE GROUP, CROSS-PRESSURES
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Summary:A review of the literature demonstrates that production deficiency hypotheses are unable to account fully for the fact that older adults perform more poorly on memory tasks than young adults. The possibility is explored that age-related differences are due to changes in fundamental processes involved in retrieval of information from memory, namely, (a) utilization of contextual information and (b) activation processes occurring in semantic memory. Automatic as well as intentional processes are examined. (5|14 p ref)
ISSN:0033-2909
1939-1455
DOI:10.1037/0033-2909.90.3.513