Effects of retention interval length on young and elderly adults' memory for spatial information

Adult age differences in spatial memory following retention intervals of various lengths were examined in 47 young and 56 elderly subjects who recalled spatial information following either a 3-, 15-, or 30-min retention interval. The elderly adults were significantly less accurate than the young adu...

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Published inExperimental aging research Vol. 23; no. 2; pp. 163 - 177
Main Authors Rutledge, Patricia C., Hancock, Robert A., Walker, Lajuana
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Philadelphia, PA Taylor & Francis Group 01.04.1997
Taylor & Francis
Subjects
Adolescent
Adult
Adult. Elderly
Aged
Aging - psychology
Biological and medical sciences
Developmental psychology
Female
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Humans
Male
Memory
Middle Aged
Neuropsychological Tests
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Retention (Psychology)
Space Perception
Time Factors
Human
Retention interval
Senescence
Young adult
Cognition
Recall
Elderly
Spatial memory
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Summary:Adult age differences in spatial memory following retention intervals of various lengths were examined in 47 young and 56 elderly subjects who recalled spatial information following either a 3-, 15-, or 30-min retention interval. The elderly adults were significantly less accurate than the young adults following the 30-min retention interval only; there was no statistically significant effect of age at the 3-min and 15-min retention intervals. It is concluded that younger adults experience greater temporal stability of spatial memory than do older adults, and the relevance of the present findings for Craik's environmental support hypothesis is discussed.
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ISSN:0361-073X
1096-4657
DOI:10.1080/03610739708254031