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

Age differences in picture memory with resemblance and discrimination tasks

R E Till, J C Bartlett, A H Doyle

    Experimental Aging Research
    |January 1, 1982
    PubMed
    Summary

    Older adults struggle with recognizing picture resemblances, unlike younger adults. This age-related decline in picture memory is less pronounced when prior experience aids resemblance detection.

    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

    Remembering environmental sounds: The role of verbalization at input.

    Memory & cognition·2013
    Same author

    Effects of semantic and nonsemantic cued orienting tasks on associative clustering in free recall.

    Memory & cognition·2013
    Same author

    Effects of orienting tasks on sentence comprehension and cued recall.

    Memory & cognition·2011
    Same author

    Aging and lineup performance at long retention intervals: effects of metamemory and context reinstatement.

    The Journal of applied psychology·2001
    Same author

    Age differences in accuracy and choosing in eyewitness identification and face recognition.

    Memory & cognition·1999
    Same author

    Identification of speeded and slowed familiar melodies by younger, middle-aged, and older musicians and nonmusicians.

    Psychology and aging·1998

    Area of Science:

    • Cognitive Psychology
    • Neuroscience
    • Human Development

    Background:

    • Recognition memory research traditionally focuses on distinguishing targets from lures.
    • Less explored is how age impacts the ability to perceive resemblances between memory items and lures.
    • Understanding these age-related differences is crucial for a comprehensive view of memory function.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To investigate age-related differences in recognizing the resemblance between visual stimuli.
    • To compare younger and older adults' ability to differentiate same-scene items from input items.
    • To examine the influence of encoding experience on age-related resemblance detection.

    Main Methods:

    • Two age groups (young adults, mean=19.3 years; older adults, mean=63.8 years) participated.
    • Participants viewed scenic pictures and then completed a recognition test with same-photo, same-scene, and different-scene items.
    • The task required categorizing test items based on their relationship to original input pictures.

    Main Results:

    • No significant age differences were found in standard recognition measures (hits, false alarms).
    • Younger adults demonstrated superior ability in detecting resemblances between same-scene items and input items compared to older adults.
    • This age-related deficit in resemblance detection was attenuated when participants had prior experience with resemblance encoding.

    Conclusions:

    • Age impacts the ability to detect resemblances in visual memory, beyond simple recognition accuracy.
    • Experience and encoding strategies can mitigate age-related declines in specific aspects of recognition memory.
    • Findings contribute to understanding broader age effects in picture and general recognition memory.

    Related Experiment Videos