词语的感官体验是否可以提高老年人的记忆力?
Aurélia Bugaiska1, Arnaud Witt1, Patrick Bonin1
1Psychology, LEAD-CNRS, Université de Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Dijon, France.
Experimental aging research
|November 10, 2023
概括
老年人可以通过使用具有高感官体验评分 (SER) 的单词来增强记忆回忆. 这弥补了与年龄相关的记忆力下降,表明感官细节有助于意识回忆.
科学领域:
- 认知心理学 认知心理学
- 神经科学是一个神经科学.
- 人类衰老研究研究
背景情况:
- 记忆能力随着年龄的增长而下降,影响记忆性能.
- 执行功能对于回忆检索至关重要,特别是对于不那么生动的信息.
- 单词的感官体验评分 (SER) 可能会影响不同年龄组的记忆编码和检索.
研究的目的:
- 调查与年龄相关的记忆差异.
- 为了检查单词感官体验 (高VS低SER) 对年轻人和老年人的记忆的影响.
- 为了确定感官体验是否可以减轻与年龄相关的记忆缺陷.
主要方法:
- 参与者 (年轻人和老年人) 编码了具有高或低SER的单词.
- 一个记住/知道范式评估词识别.
- 执行职能使用标准化措施进行评估.
主要成果:
- 对于高 SER 单词,与年龄相关的记忆差异被消除了.
- 记住 (R) 对低 SER 词的反应与执行功能有关.
- 高SER单词在R响应中没有与执行职能有类似的联系.
结论:
- 高 SER 词提供了对老年人更大的记忆效益.
- 老年人可以利用感官细节来弥补与年龄相关的记忆力下降.
- 感官体验有助于意识回忆,特别是在老年人中.
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