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  • Developmental Psychology

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  • Associative memory may be more susceptible to developmental changes and affective disorders than item memory.
  • Previous research has not directly compared lifespan and depression effects on associative versus item memory.
  • It remains unclear if memory impairments in children, older adults, and depressed individuals manifest similarly in associative memory.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate lifespan and depression-related effects on associative and item memory within a single study.
  • To determine if associative memory deficits are consistent across children, older adults, and depressed individuals.
  • To explore the role of encoding strategies in associative memory performance across these groups.

Main Methods:

  • A word pair encoding task followed by associative recognition was administered.
  • Participants included two depressed groups (pediatric/adolescent and middle-aged adults) and four non-depressed age groups (pediatric/adolescent, young adult, middle-aged, and older adult).
  • Retrospective strategy use was assessed and statistically controlled.

Main Results:

  • Both item and associative memory exhibited an inverted U-shaped pattern across the lifespan, with lower performance in children and older adults.
  • Associative memory showed a more pronounced inverted U-shape compared to item memory.
  • Depressed groups displayed reduced associative relative to item memory performance.
  • Children, older adults, and depressed patients reported less effective encoding strategy use.
  • Controlling for strategy use eliminated the disproportionate associative memory deficit.

Conclusions:

  • Evidence suggests an "associative memory deficit" in children and older adults, exacerbated by depressive disorders.
  • Strategic encoding plays a critical role in mediating associative memory performance across the lifespan and in depression.
  • Findings highlight the vulnerability of associative memory to developmental factors and affective disorders.