Jove
Visualize
Contact Us
JoVE
x logofacebook logolinkedin logoyoutube logo
ABOUT JoVE
OverviewLeadershipBlogJoVE Help Center
AUTHORS
Publishing ProcessEditorial BoardScope & PoliciesPeer ReviewFAQSubmit
LIBRARIANS
TestimonialsSubscriptionsAccessResourcesLibrary Advisory BoardFAQ
RESEARCH
JoVE JournalMethods CollectionsJoVE Encyclopedia of ExperimentsArchive
EDUCATION
JoVE CoreJoVE BusinessJoVE Science EducationJoVE Lab ManualFaculty Resource CenterFaculty Site
Terms & Conditions of Use
Privacy Policy
Policies

Related Experiment Videos

What is the evidence for retrieval problems in the elderly?

N White, W R Cunningham

    Experimental Aging Research
    |January 1, 1982
    PubMed
    Summary

    Older adults do not necessarily have retrieval problems in memory. Memory test results can be misleading due to methodological issues, especially in recognition tasks.

    Related Concept Videos

    You might also read

    Related Articles

    Articles linked to this work by shared authors, journal, and citation graph.

    Sort by
    Same author

    Evidence for the Collective Nature of Radial Flow in Pb+Pb Collisions with the ATLAS Detector.

    Physical review letters·2026
    Same author

    Efficacy, safety, and tolerability of arbaclofen in Autistic children and adolescents, the AIMS-2-TRIALS-CT1: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled phase II trial.

    EClinicalMedicine·2026
    Same author

    Evidence for the Dimuon Decay of the Higgs Boson in pp Collisions with the ATLAS Detector.

    Physical review letters·2025
    Same author

    Evidence for Longitudinally Polarized W Bosons in the Electroweak Production of Same-Sign W Boson Pairs in Association with Two Jets in pp Collisions at sqrt[s]=13  TeV with the ATLAS Detector.

    Physical review letters·2025
    Same author

    A Validation Study of the Paediatric Non-Urgent Risk Assessment Management and Nurse Escort Assessment (PaNURAMA) Tool for Paediatric Inter-Hospital Transfers.

    Emergency medicine Australasia : EMA·2025
    Same author

    Weathering the Storm: The Impact of Weather Events, Lockdowns and Holidays on Oncology and General Emergency Presentations to a United Kingdom Tertiary Centre-A 7.5-year Review.

    Clinical oncology (Royal College of Radiologists (Great Britain))·2025

    Area of Science:

    • Cognitive Psychology
    • Neuroscience of Aging
    • Human Memory

    Background:

    • Age-related memory decline is a significant concern in cognitive research.
    • Previous studies suggested older adults have retrieval deficits in memory tasks.
    • Recognition and recall tests are common methods to assess memory performance.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To investigate age-related differences in memory retrieval.
    • To examine the influence of different memory tests (recall vs. recognition) on age comparisons.
    • To identify potential methodological confounders in aging and memory research.

    Main Methods:

    • Comparison of memory performance between young and elderly adults.
    • Utilized free recall and recognition tests with supraspan lists of unrelated words.
    • Analyzed correctly recalled and recognized words, including a correction for guessing.

    Main Results:

    • A significant interaction between age and retention test type was found for raw scores, with larger age differences in recall than recognition.
    • This age by retention test interaction disappeared when scores were corrected for guessing.
    • The findings suggest methodological issues may influence interpretations of age-related retrieval differences.

    Conclusions:

    • Age-related differences in memory performance may be influenced by the specific testing methodology.
    • Previous conclusions about elderly retrieval problems might be confounded by how memory errors are handled.
    • Researchers should clearly define their error models when analyzing recognition data in aging studies.

    Related Experiment Videos