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Published on: November 14, 2018
Aging selectively impairs recollection in recognition memory for pictures: evidence from modeling and receiver
Marc W Howard1, Brandy Bessette-Symons, Yaofei Zhang
1Department of Psychology, Syracuse University, 430 Huntington Hall, Syracuse, NY 13244, USA. marc@memory.syr.edu
Abstract:
Young and older adults were tested on recognition memory for pictures. The Yonelinas high threshold (YHT) model, a formal implementation of 2-process theory, fit the response distribution data of both young and older adults significantly better than a normal unequal variance signal-detection model. Consistent with this finding, nonlinear z-transformed receiver operating characteristic curves were obtained for both groups. Estimates of recollection from the YHT model were significantly higher for young than for older adults. This deficit was not a consequence of a general decline in memory; older adults showed comparable overall accuracy and in fact a nonsignificant increase in their familiarity scores. Implications of these results for theories of recognition memory and the mnemonic deficit associated with aging are discussed.
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