Effects of adult aging on utilization of temporal and semantic associations during free and serial recall.

@article{citeulike:3024470, abstract = {Older adults show poorer performance than young adults at word list recall, especially for order information. In contrast with this temporal association deficit, older adults are generally adept at using preexisting semantic associations, when present, to aid recall. We compared the use of temporal and semantic associations in young and older adults' word list recall following both free recall and serial recall instructions. Decomposition of serial position curves confirmed that older adults showed weakened use of temporal context in recall in relation to young adults, a difference that was amplified in serial recall. Older adults' temporal associations were also less effective than young adults' when correlated with serial recall performance. The differential age decrement for serial versus free recall was accompanied by a persistent influence of latent semantic associations in the older adults, even when maladaptive for serial recall.}, address = {Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, USA.}, author = {Golomb, J. D. and Peelle, J. E. and Addis, K. M. and Kahana, M. J. and Wingfield, A. }, citeulike-article-id = {3024470}, issn = {0090-502X}, journal = {Memory \& cognition}, keywords = {jessica, older\_adults, order\_information}, month = {July}, number = {5}, pages = {947--956}, posted-at = {2008-07-21 14:50:31}, priority = {2}, title = {Effects of adult aging on utilization of temporal and semantic associations during free and serial recall.}, url = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18630201}, volume = {36}, year = {2008} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:3024470 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3024470 TI - Effects of adult aging on utilization of temporal and semantic associations during free and serial recall. JF - Memory & cognition VL - 36 IS - 5 SP - 947 EP - 956 AD - Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, USA. SN - 0090-502X N2 - Older adults show poorer performance than young adults at word list recall, especially for order information. In contrast with this temporal association deficit, older adults are generally adept at using preexisting semantic associations, when present, to aid recall. We compared the use of temporal and semantic associations in young and older adults' word list recall following both free recall and serial recall instructions. Decomposition of serial position curves confirmed that older adults showed weakened use of temporal context in recall in relation to young adults, a difference that was amplified in serial recall. Older adults' temporal associations were also less effective than young adults' when correlated with serial recall performance. The differential age decrement for serial versus free recall was accompanied by a persistent influence of latent semantic associations in the older adults, even when maladaptive for serial recall. KW - jessica KW - older_adults KW - order_information AU - Golomb, JD AU - Peelle, JE AU - Addis, KM AU - Kahana, MJ AU - Wingfield, A PY - 2008/07// UR - http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18630201 ER -