Title |
No Evidence for Improved Associative Memory Performance Following Process-Based Associative Memory Training in Older Adults
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Published in |
Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, January 2017
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DOI | 10.3389/fnagi.2016.00326 |
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Authors |
Martin Bellander, Anne Eschen, Martin Lövdén, Mike Martin, Lars Bäckman, Yvonne Brehmer |
Abstract |
Studies attempting to improve episodic memory performance with strategy instructions and training have had limited success in older adults: their training gains are limited in comparison to those of younger adults and do not generalize to untrained tasks and contexts. This limited success has been partly attributed to age-related impairments in associative binding of information into coherent episodes. We therefore investigated potential training and transfer effects of process-based associative memory training (i.e., repeated practice). Thirty-nine older adults (Mage = 68.8) underwent 6 weeks of either adaptive associative memory training or item recognition training. Both groups improved performance in item memory, spatial memory (object-context binding) and reasoning. A disproportionate effect of associative memory training was only observed for item memory, whereas no training-related performance changes were observed for associative memory. Self-reported strategies showed no signs of spontaneous development of memory-enhancing associative memory strategies. Hence, the results do not support the hypothesis that process-based associative memory training leads to higher associative memory performance in older adults. |
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