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Development differences in associative memory: strategy use, mental effort, and knowledge access interactions

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  • 1Department of Psychology, California State University, Fullerton 92634.

Advances in Child Development and Behavior
|January 1, 1994
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Memory strategy use is resource-intensive, especially for children. Older individuals use more efficient strategies, allowing for enhanced memory processing and recall, highlighting the interplay between strategy, knowledge, and resources.

Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Developmental Psychology
  • Neuroscience

Background:

  • Memory strategy deployment is resource-demanding, with younger children exhibiting higher demands than older children and adults.
  • Associative memory studies indicate a direct relationship between knowledge accessibility and the resource demands of elaboration strategies.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the developmental differences in memory strategy use and their underlying mechanisms.
  • To explore the interplay between strategy selection, knowledge access, and cognitive resource allocation in associative memory.

Main Methods:

  • Review of associative memory studies focusing on strategy use, knowledge access, and resource demands.
  • Analysis of how efficiency in strategy use impacts additional cognitive processing.

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  • Examination of the role of knowledge in strategy selection and its impact on recall benefits.

    • Main Results:

    • Greater efficiency in older children and adults allows for additional processing, leading to improved memory encoding and retrieval.
    • Knowledge access influences the choice of relational strategies and observed recall benefits.
    • Developmental increases in the efficacy of elaboration and other associative strategies are linked to freed information-processing resources.

    Conclusions:

    • Developmental differences in associative memory efficacy are underpinned by the relationships between strategy use, mental effort, and knowledge access.
    • Interactions between strategy use and knowledge access significantly influence memory performance.
    • Further research is needed to fully elucidate the complex interactions between strategy selection and knowledge access.