TY - JOUR
T1 - Aging and situation model updating
AU - Radvansky, Gabriel A.
AU - Copeland, David E.
AU - Berish, Diane E.
AU - Dijkstra, Katinka
N1 - Funding Information:
We would also like to thank Seth Allen, Kate DiNardo, Melissa Ferrello, Priscilla Henson, and Kimberly Laime for their assistance in collecting the data. Experiment 1 was presented at the 2001 meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association in Chicago, Illinois. This research was supported in part by a grant from the Army Research Institute, ARMY-DASW01-99-K-0001.
PY - 2003/6
Y1 - 2003/6
N2 - The aim of this study was to investigate age differences in narrative comprehension and memory, with a focus on the updating of situation models during comprehension. While there are large effects of aging on memory for propositional textbase information, there is very little evidence that older adults have difficulty at the situation model level. Because described events are often dynamic, a comprehender must consistently update their situation model to make it consistent with the new information. The current experiments investigated whether there are any age differences associated with the ability to update a situation model along the spatial and temporal dimensions. Although updating effects were observed, they were largely not influenced by age. The relation of these findings to an understanding of older adults' language comprehension and memory performance is discussed.
AB - The aim of this study was to investigate age differences in narrative comprehension and memory, with a focus on the updating of situation models during comprehension. While there are large effects of aging on memory for propositional textbase information, there is very little evidence that older adults have difficulty at the situation model level. Because described events are often dynamic, a comprehender must consistently update their situation model to make it consistent with the new information. The current experiments investigated whether there are any age differences associated with the ability to update a situation model along the spatial and temporal dimensions. Although updating effects were observed, they were largely not influenced by age. The relation of these findings to an understanding of older adults' language comprehension and memory performance is discussed.
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U2 - 10.1076/anec.10.2.158.14459
DO - 10.1076/anec.10.2.158.14459
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0038006001
SN - 1382-5585
VL - 10
SP - 158
EP - 166
JO - Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition
JF - Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition
IS - 2
ER -
