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Older adults with lower frontal lobe functioning (FLF) show fewer false memories when relational processing is limited, unlike younger adults who benefit from item-specific encoding.

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Cognitive Psychology
Neuroscience
Gerontology

Background:

Age-related differences in false memories are linked to frontal lobe functioning (FLF).
Item-specific encoding strategies can mitigate false memories in younger adults.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate if older adults with impaired FLF benefit less from item-specific encoding in false memory tasks.
To explore the role of frontal function in distinctiveness encoding processes.

Main Methods:

Three experiments were conducted using categorized word and picture lists.
Participants engaged in encoding tasks emphasizing either item-specific or relational processing.
Performance was assessed in a false memory paradigm.

Main Results:

Younger adults and older adults with high FLF showed reduced false memories with item-specific encoding.
Older adults with low FLF exhibited reduced false memories only when relational processing was restricted.
Frontal function appears critical for employing distinctive encoding strategies.

Conclusions:

Frontal lobe functioning directly impacts the ability to engage in distinctive encoding.
Age-related deficits in false memory may stem from reduced engagement in distinctiveness-based processing.
Encoding strategies can be tailored based on individual frontal function for memory enhancement.