Professional expertise does not eliminate age differences in imagery-based memory performance during adulthood
- Using a testing-the-limits paradigm, the authors investigated the modulation (attenuation) o f negative adult age differences in imagery-based memory performance as a function of professional expertise. Six older graphic designers, 6 normal older adults, 6 younger graphic design students, and 6 normal younger students participated in a 19-session program with a cued-recall variant of the Method of Loci. Older graphic designers attained higher levels o f mnemonic performance than normal older adults but were not able to reach younger adults' level of performance; a perfect separation of age groups was achieved. Spatial visualization was a good predictor of mnemonic performance. Results suggest that negative adult age differences in imagery-based memory are attenuated but not eliminated by the advantages associated with criterion-relevant ability (talent) and experience.
Author details: | Ulman Lindenberger, Reinhold KlieglORCiDGND, Paul B. Bates |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-40384 |
Publication series (Volume number): | Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Humanwissenschaftliche Reihe (paper 160) |
Publication type: | Postprint |
Language: | English |
Publication year: | 1992 |
Publishing institution: | Universität Potsdam |
Release date: | 2010/01/05 |
Source: | Psychology and Aging 7 (1992) 4, S. 585-593, ISSN 1939-1498, DOI 10.1037/0882-7974.7.4.585 |
Organizational units: | Humanwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Strukturbereich Kognitionswissenschaften / Department Psychologie |
DDC classification: | 1 Philosophie und Psychologie / 15 Psychologie / 150 Psychologie |
Institution name at the time of the publication: | Humanwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Institut für Psychologie |
License (German): | Keine öffentliche Lizenz: Unter Urheberrechtsschutz |
External remark: | The original publication is within the university network available at web.ebscohost.com: Psychology and Aging. - 7 (1992) Issue 4, p. 585-593 ISSN 1939-1498 DOI 10.1037/0882-7974.7.4.585 |