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Imagery in the aged

S E Mason, A D Smith

    Experimental Aging Research
    |January 1, 1977
    PubMed
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    Older adults did not benefit from mnemonic strategies like the peg-word system, suggesting age-related declines in effective imagery use for memory enhancement.

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    Area of Science:

    • Cognitive Psychology
    • Neuroscience of Aging

    Background:

    • Memory decline is a common concern with aging.
    • Imagery and mnemonic strategies are known memory aids.
    • Effectiveness of these strategies may vary across age groups.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To investigate age differences in the use of imagery for memory.
    • To test the efficacy of the peg-word system in older adults.
    • To explore how item concreteness and instruction type affect memory across age groups.

    Main Methods:

    • Two experiments were conducted with participants of different ages.
    • Experiment 1 used the peg-word system and manipulated item concreteness.
    • Experiment 2 manipulated instruction type and examined item concreteness effects.

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    Main Results:

    • Younger subjects benefited from mnemonic and imagery instructions, but older subjects did not.
    • Age interacted with item concreteness; older adults showed less benefit from concrete items.
    • In Experiment 2, only middle-aged adults improved with imagery instructions; older adults did not.

    Conclusions:

    • Older adults may not effectively utilize imagery mediation for memory tasks.
    • The effectiveness of mnemonic devices and imagery strategies appears to be age-dependent.
    • Further research is needed to understand age-related differences in memory strategy use.