Affective review and schema reliance in memory in older and younger adults.
Previous studies have found that, when remembering, older adults often rely more on schematic knowledge than do younger adults. We replicated this finding when participants were induced to review the facts of the event; furthermore, neuropsychological correlates suggested that this age-related increase in schema reliance is associated with declines in reflective processes. In addition, when they were induced to focus on their feelings and reactions when reviewing an event, both older and younger adults' later memory of the event was strongly affected by their schematic knowledge.
Mather
Mara
M
University of California, Santa Cruz, USA. mather@cats.ucsc.edu
Johnson
Marcia K
MK
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000375:Aging / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008568:Memory; D011939:Mental Recall; D008875:Middle Aged; D011897:Random Allocation