Part-set cuing effects in younger and older adults.
In 3 experiments, the authors examined part-set cuing effects in younger and older adults. Participants heard lists of category exemplars and later recalled them. Recall was uncued or cued with a subset of studied items. In Experiment 1, participants were cued with some of the category names, and they remembered fewer never-cued categories than a free-recall condition. In Experiment 2, a similar effect was observed for category exemplar cues. There was also an age difference: By some measures, a small number of cues impaired older adults more than younger. Experiment 3 replicated this result and found that older adults were disproportionately slow in the presence of cues. Across experiments, older adults showed robust part-set cuing effects, and sometimes, they were disproportionately impaired by cues.
Marsh
Elizabeth J
EJ
Department of Psychology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA. emarsh@psych.duke.edu
Dolan
Patrick O
PO
Balota
David A
DA
Roediger
Henry L
HL
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003463:Cues; D006801:Humans; D008569:Memory Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D011939:Mental Recall; D008875:Middle Aged; D011930:Reaction Time