Abstract
The present study investigated whether older adults' visuospatial working memory shows effects of environmental support for rehearsal similar to those observed in young adults (Lilienthal, Hale, & Myerson, 2014). When the duration of interitem intervals was 4 s and participants had sufficient time to rehearse, location memory spans were larger in both age groups when environmental support was present than when support was absent. Critically, however, the age-related difference in memory was actually larger when support was provided, suggesting that young and older adults may differ in their rehearsal of to-be-remembered locations.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 249-254 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Psychology and aging |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - May 1 2016 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Social Psychology
- Aging
- Geriatrics and Gerontology