Who, When, and Where? Age-Related Differences on a New Memory Test

Our study examined age-related differences on a new memory test assessing memory for "who," "when," and "where," and associations among these elements. Participants were required to remember a sequence of pictures of different faces paired with different places. Older a...

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Published inLearning & memory (Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y.) Vol. 23; no. 1; pp. 38 - 41
Main Authors Sumida, Catherine A, Holden, Heather M, Van Etten, Emily J, Wagner, Gabrielle M, Hileman, Jacob D, Gilbert, Paul E
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press 01.01.2016
Subjects
Adolescent
Adult
Age Differences
Aged
Aging - physiology
Analysis of Variance
Association Learning - physiology
Brief Communication
Chi-Square Distribution
Child
Comparative Analysis
Correlation
Female
Humans
Male
Memory
Memory - physiology
Middle Aged
Neuropsychological Tests
Neuropsychology
Older Adults
Pictorial Stimuli
Time Factors
Young Adult
Young Adults
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Summary:Our study examined age-related differences on a new memory test assessing memory for "who," "when," and "where," and associations among these elements. Participants were required to remember a sequence of pictures of different faces paired with different places. Older adults remembered significantly fewer correct face-place pairs in the correct sequence compared with young adults. Correlation analyses with standardized neuropsychological tests provide preliminary evidence for construct validity. Our results offer insight into age-related changes in the ability to remember associations between people and places at different points in time using a portable test that can be administered rapidly in various settings.
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ISSN:1072-0502
1549-5485
1549-5485
DOI:10.1101/lm.039313.115