Sequential difficulty effects during execution of memory strategies in young and older adults.

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Serval ID
serval:BIB_AD3C2306AE29
Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
Collection
Publications
Title
Sequential difficulty effects during execution of memory strategies in young and older adults.
Journal
Memory
Author(s)
Uittenhove K., Burger L., Taconnat L., Lemaire P.
ISSN
1464-0686 (Electronic)
ISSN-L
0965-8211
Publication state
Published
Issued date
2015
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
23
Number
6
Pages
806-816
Language
english
Notes
Publication types: Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Publication Status: ppublish
Abstract
This study aimed at uncovering factors influencing execution of memory strategies and at furthering our understanding of ageing effects on memory performance. To achieve this end, we investigated strategy sequential difficulty (SSD) effects recently demonstrated by Uittenhove and Lemaire in the domain of problem solving. We found that both young and older participants correctly recalled more words using a sentence-construction strategy when this strategy followed an easier strategy (i.e., repetition strategy) or a harder strategy (i.e., mental-image strategy). These SSD effects were of equal magnitude in young and older adults, correlated significantly with Stroop performance in both young and older adults and correlated with N-back performance only in young adults. These findings have important implications for furthering our understanding of memory strategy execution and age-related variations in memory performance, as well for understanding mechanisms underlying SSD effects.
Keywords
Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Aging/psychology, Executive Function, Female, Humans, Male, Mental Recall, Middle Aged, Neuropsychological Tests, Problem Solving, Young Adult, Encoding, Executive functions, Recall, Sequential difficulty, Strategy
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Web of science
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