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Supporting older and younger adults’ memory for recent everyday events: A prospective sampling study using SenseCam

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Mair, Ali, Poirier, Marie, Conway, Martin A.·2017·Consciousness and Cognition
DOI 10.1016/j.concog.2017.02.008
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This study measured the effect of a wearable camera, SenseCam, on older and younger adults' memories of recently experienced everyday events. Participants used SenseCam to prospectively sample events from a typical week, which they recalled two weeks later. Recall was cued by a self-generated title only (control condition), by the title and forward-order SenseCam images, or by the title and random-order SenseCam images. In the control condition, older and younger adults' memories were comparably episodic, but older adults recalled more semantic details. Both forward- and random-order SenseCam images were associated with increased episodic and semantic recall in both groups, and there was a small but significant effect of temporal order favouring the forward-order condition. These findings suggest that SenseCam is effective in supporting retrieval of memory for recent events, and the results of the temporal order manipulation also shed light on the mechanism of SenseCam's effect.

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Authors
Mair, A., Poirier, M., & Conway, M. A.
Affiliations
City, University of London (GB)
Corresponding author
Mair, Ali
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Venue
Consciousness and Cognition
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2017-03
Volume
49
Pages
190-202
ISSN
1053-8100 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/j.concog.2017.02.008
OpenAlex
W2590292121
Cited by
38
References
7
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1.57
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Language
en
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www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
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  • Consciousness and Cognition (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • City Research Online (City University London) (acceptedVersion)
  • University of Hertfordshire Research Archive (University of Hertfordshire) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • University of Hertfordshire Research Archive (University of Hertfordshire) (submittedVersion)
Funders
City, University of London
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory Processes and Influences
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Cognitive Functions and Memory
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Identity, Memory, and Therapy
Keywords
SenseCam, wearable cameras, episodic memory, semantic memory, older adults, age differences, temporal order, memory retrieval, daily life events
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Adult, Age Factors, Aged, Aging, Female, Humans, Male, Prospective Studies, Mental Recall, Video Recording, Young Adult, Memory, Episodic

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