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Memory plasticity across the life span: Uncovering children's latent potential.

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Brehmer, Yvonne, Li, Shu-Chen, Müller, Viktor, von Oertzen, Timo, Lindenberger, Ulman·2007·Developmental Psychology

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Memory plasticity, or the ability to improve one's memory performance through instruction and training, is known to decline during adulthood. However, direct comparisons among middle childhood, adulthood, and old age are lacking. The authors examined memory plasticity in an age-comparative multisession training study. One hundred and eight participants ages 9-10, 11-12, 20-25, and 65-78 years learned and practiced an imagery-based mnemonic technique to encode and retrieve words by location cues. Individuals of all ages were able to acquire and optimize use of the technique. Older adults and children showed similar baseline performance and improvement through mnemonic instruction. However, in line with tenets from life-span psychology (P. B. Baltes, 1987), children profited more from mnemonic practice and reached higher levels of final performance than did older adults.

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  • A number of earlier studies support the magnification account, most from memory strategy training, for instance by means of the method of loci.

    “In fact, there are a number of earlier studies supporting this account, most of them from the field of memory strategy training, for instance by means of the method of loci (e.g., Björklund and Douglas, 1997; Brehmer et al., 2007; see Verhaeghen et al., 1992 for a meta-analysis).”

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Authors
Brehmer, Y., Li, S.-C., Müller, V., von Oertzen, T., & Lindenberger, U.
Affiliations
Max Planck Society (DE)
Venue
Developmental Psychology
Published
2007
Volume
43
Issue
2
Pages
465-478
ISSN
  • 0012-1649 (ISSN-L)
  • 1939-0599
OpenAlex
W1988116266
Cited by
180
References
83
Citations by year
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FWCI
7.98
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
other-oa
Locations
  • Developmental Psychology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics (submittedVersion)
  • Max Planck Digital Library (submittedVersion, other-oa)
  • MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
Funders
  • German Research Foundation (DFG FOR 448)
  • International Max Planck Research School
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory Processes and Influences
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Cognitive Functions and Memory
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Cognitive Abilities and Testing
Keywords
memory plasticity, mnemonic training, lifespan development, children, older adults, middle childhood, aging, location cues, memory instructions, age differences in learning
MeSH terms
Adult, Aged, Aging, Child, Child Development, Humans, Memory, Middle Aged, Neuronal Plasticity

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