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Effects of age and environmental support for rehearsal on visuospatial working memory
Lindsey Lilienthal1, Sandra Hale1, Joel Myerson1
1Psychology Department, Washington University in St. Louis.
Abstract:
The present study investigated whether older adults' visuospatial working memory shows effects of environmental support for rehearsal similar to those observed in young adults (Lilienthal, Hale, & Myerson, 2014). When the duration of interitem intervals was 4 s and participants had sufficient time to rehearse, location memory spans were larger in both age groups when environmental support was present than when support was absent. Critically, however, the age-related difference in memory was actually larger when support was provided, suggesting that young and older adults may differ in their rehearsal of to-be-remembered locations. (PsycINFO Database Record
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