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  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Neuroscience of Aging
  • Human Memory

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  • Age-related associative deficits impact memory recall.
  • Unitization, the integration of information, may mitigate these deficits.
  • Compound words (CWs) represent pre-experimentally unitized information.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate if pre-experimental unitization in compound words (CWs) can reduce age-related associative deficits.
  • To explore how older adults utilize schematic support from CWs for memory enhancement.
  • To examine the influence of test format on associative recognition strategies in younger and older adults.

Main Methods:

  • Experiment 1: Compared younger and older adults' associative recognition of CWs versus non-compound words (NCWs) using a yes-no test.
  • Experiment 2: Manipulated study time for younger adults to assess associative recognition performance.
  • Experiment 3: Employed a two-alternative forced-choice recognition test to evaluate strategy use (familiarity vs. recollection).

Main Results:

  • Older adults showed a discrimination advantage for CWs over NCWs in Experiment 1, indicating reduced associative deficits.
  • Reduced study time impaired younger adults' performance but did not yield a CW advantage.
  • Both age groups benefited from CWs on a forced-choice test, suggesting older adults rely more on familiarity.

Conclusions:

  • Pre-experimental unitization, as seen in CWs, can effectively alleviate age-related associative memory deficits.
  • Older adults leverage schematic support from unitized word pairs to enhance memory performance.
  • Test format influences strategy selection, with older adults favoring familiarity-based recognition for unitized information.