Controlled processes account for age-related decrease in episodic memory.
A decrease in controlled processes has been proposed to be responsible for age-related episodic memory decline. We used the Process Dissociation Procedure, a method that attempts to estimate the contribution of controlled and automatic processes to cognitive performance, and entered both estimates in regression analyses. Results indicate that only controlled processes explained a great part of the age-related variance in a word recall task, especially when little environmental support was offered.
Vanderaspoilden
Valérie
V
Research Unit in Cognitive Neurosciences, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Av. F.D. Roosevelt 50, C.P. 191, B-1050 Bruxelles, Belgium. vvderasp@ulb.ac.be
Adam
Stéphane
S
der Linden
Martial Van
MV
Morais
José
J
D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging / Q000523:psychology*; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D003071:Cognition; D003463:Cues; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008569:Memory Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology*; D008570:Memory, Short-Term; D008606:Mental Processes; D011939:Mental Recall / Q000502:physiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011932:Reading; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology; D013647:Task Performance and Analysis