title: Auditory and visual memory losses in aging populations.
abstract: Seventy-four men and women (age range, 44-77 years) were tested for short-term auditory and visual memory as part of a larger series of memory and cognitive function tests.  All test scores for visual memory, including facial photograph recognition when a sequence requirement was adhered to, showed a significant decline (p smaller than .05) in a comparison of subjects aged 44-54 and subjects aged 55-64.  This decline was not observed with the two tests of auditory memory.  Thus the data indicate that short-term visual memory may be more susceptible to aging than is auditory memory.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging; D001307:Auditory Perception; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008569:Memory Disorders / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008570:Memory, Short-Term; D008875:Middle Aged; D014796:Visual Perception; D014888:Wechsler Scales