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Age and gender interactions on verbal memory performance.

Joel H Kramer1, Kristine Yaffe, Jeanne Lengenfelder

  • 1University of California, San Francisco Medical Center, 94143, USA. kramer@itsa.ucsf.edu

Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society : JINS
|February 7, 2003
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Verbal memory declines with age in younger men and all older adults, but not younger women. These findings suggest estrogen influences verbal memory across the lifespan.

Area of Science:

  • Neuroscience
  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Gerontology

Background:

  • Age and gender significantly impact verbal episodic memory.
  • Estrogen levels and age-related brain changes may influence these effects.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate age by gender interactions in verbal memory performance.
  • To examine how verbal memory changes across the adult lifespan in men and women.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized the California Verbal Learning Test-Second Edition (CVLT-2) on a large cohort of adults (16-89 years).
  • Excluded participants near the menopausal age to isolate age and gender effects.
  • Analyzed data using multivariate statistics to identify interactions.

Main Results:

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  • Verbal memory declined with age in younger men, older men, and older women, but not younger women.
  • Significant age by gender interactions were observed in the younger cohort.
  • Older adults showed age-related verbal memory declines regardless of gender.

Conclusions:

  • Verbal memory decline with age differs between younger men and women, suggesting hormonal influences.
  • Both older men and women experience age-related verbal memory decline.
  • Estrogen's role in cognitive aging and verbal memory warrants further investigation.