Hyper-binding only apparent under fully implicit test conditions

• Published in: Psychology and aging Vol. 33; no. 1; p. 176
• Main Authors: Campbell, Karen L, Hasher, Lynn
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.02.2018
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Aging - physiology; Female; Humans; Male; Memory - physiology; Mental Recall - physiology; Middle Aged; Young Adult

We have previously shown that older adults hyper-bind, or form more extraneous associations than younger adults. For instance, when asked to perform a 1-back task on pictures superimposed with distracting words, older adults inadvertently form associations between target-distractor pairs and implici...