title: I owe you: age-related similarities and differences in associative memory for gains and losses.
abstract: Older adults often experience associative memory impairments but can sometimes remember important information. The current experiments investigate potential age-related similarities and differences associate memory for gains and losses. Younger and older participants were presented with faces and associated dollar amounts, which indicated how much money the person "owed" the participant, and were later given a cued recall test for the dollar amount. Experiment 1 examined face-dollar amount pairs while Experiment 2 included negative dollar amounts to examine both gains and losses. While younger adults recalled more information relative to older adults, both groups were more accurate in recalling the correct value associated with high-value faces compared to lower-value faces and remembered gist-information about the values. However, negative values (losses) did not have a strong impact on recall among older adults versus younger adults, illustrating important associative memory differences between younger and older adults.
authors: a University of California Los Angeles , Los Angeles , California , USA.
authors: Alan D
authors: AD
authors: Castel
authors: a University of California Los Angeles , Los Angeles , California , USA.
authors: Michael C
authors: MC
authors: Friedman
authors: a University of California Los Angeles , Los Angeles , California , USA.
authors: Shannon
authors: S
authors: McGillivray
authors: a University of California Los Angeles , Los Angeles , California , USA.
authors: Cynthia C
authors: CC
authors: Flores
authors: a University of California Los Angeles , Los Angeles , California , USA.
authors: Kou
authors: K
authors: Murayama
authors: a University of California Los Angeles , Los Angeles , California , USA.
authors: Tyson
authors: T
authors: Kerr
authors: a University of California Los Angeles , Los Angeles , California , USA.
authors: Aimee
authors: A
authors: Drolet
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging / Q000523:psychology*; D001245:Association Learning / Q000502:physiology*; D003463:Cues; D003657:Decision Making / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011939:Mental Recall / Q000502:physiology*; D010775:Photic Stimulation; D021641:Recognition, Psychology / Q000502:physiology*; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Memory; aging; associations; gains and losses; selectivity