Temporal memory for remote events in healthy aging and dementia

Memory for the temporal order of term of office of 7 past U.S. presidents was examined in healthy older adults and individuals in the early stages of dementia of the Alzheimer type (DAT). Among those individuals who recognized all 7 presidents, bow-shaped serial-position effects for temporal order s...

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Published inPsychology and aging Vol. 13; no. 1; p. 4
Main Authors Storandt, M, Kaskie, B, Von Dras, D D
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.03.1998
Subjects
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Aging - psychology
Alzheimer Disease - psychology
Female
Humans
Male
Memory
Middle Aged
Time Factors
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Summary:Memory for the temporal order of term of office of 7 past U.S. presidents was examined in healthy older adults and individuals in the early stages of dementia of the Alzheimer type (DAT). Among those individuals who recognized all 7 presidents, bow-shaped serial-position effects for temporal order similar to those seen in studies of short-term memory were observed for both the healthy group and the groups of individuals with dementia. Accuracy of temporal ordering decreased with increasing dementia severity. Thus, DAT affects 1 aspect of "old" memory (i.e., temporal information) even in the very early stages of the disease. Theoretical models of serial-position effects need to address remote memory as well as short-term memory.
ISSN:0882-7974
DOI:10.1037/0882-7974.13.1.4