Adult age differences in memory for explicit and implicit sentence information.
Adult age differences in the processing of implicit sentence information were examined by testing recognition memory for stated and implied information. The effects of organization on such processing also were examined by presenting test sentences in a structured (story) or unstructured (unrelated sentences) format. No age differences were observed in memory for implied instruments-suggesting that aging has little effect on the processing and storage of such implicational information. In addition, structure had little effect on memory for implied information but interacted with age in determining memory for explicity stated instruments: Young adults remembered more explicit information in the structured condition.
D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D003071:Cognition; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D008297:Male; D008568:Memory; D012660:Semantics