Zimmermann, K., von Bastian, C.C. orcid.org/0000-0002-0667-2460, Röcke, C. et al. (2 more authors) (2016) Transfer after process-based object-location memory training in healthy older adults. Psychology and Aging, 31 (7). pp. 798-814. ISSN 0882-7974
Abstract
A substantial part of age-related episodic memory decline has been attributed to the decreasing ability of older adults to encode and retrieve associations among simultaneously processed information units from long-term memory. In addition, this ability seems to share unique variance with reasoning. In this study, we therefore examined whether process-based training of the ability to learn and remember associations has the potential to induce transfer effects to untrained episodic memory and reasoning tasks in healthy older adults (60–75 years). For this purpose, the experimental group (n = 36) completed 30 sessions of process-based object-location memory training, while the active control group (n = 31) practiced visual perception on the same material. Near (spatial episodic memory), intermediate (verbal episodic memory), and far transfer effects (reasoning) were each assessed with multiple tasks at four measurements (before, midway through, immediately after, and 4 months after training). Linear mixed-effects models revealed transfer effects on spatial episodic memory and reasoning that were still observed 4 months after training. These results provide first empirical evidence that process-based training can enhance healthy older adults’ associative memory performance and positively affect untrained episodic memory and reasoning abilities.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2016 American Psychological Association. This is an author-produced version of a paper subsequently published in Psychology and Aging. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | cognitive training; memory training; episodic memory; object-location memory; aging |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Science (Sheffield) > Department of Psychology (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 01 Oct 2019 14:48 |
Last Modified: | 03 Oct 2019 04:54 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | American Psychological Association |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1037/pag0000123 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:151520 |