Memory self-ratings and objective test performance in a normal elderly sample.
Self-rated decline in memory relative to estimated abilities at age 60 was investigated in a group of 88 normal elderly subjects age 60 to 90. Self-ratings of storage, retrieval, attention/concentration, remote memory, and depression formed a factor which was orthogonal to objective measures of memory function. Self-rated remote memory was also associated with objective measures of recent/remote memory, and self-rated depression was additionally related to objective measures of attention/concentration.
D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008568:Memory; D011939:Mental Recall; D008875:Middle Aged; D010153:Paired-Associate Learning; D011594:Psychometrics; D012153:Retention, Psychology; D012691:Serial Learning; D012718:Set, Psychology; D014888:Wechsler Scales