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On the mechanisms of plasticity in young and older adults after instruction in the method of loci: Evidence for an amplification model.
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A meta-analytic review of the literature points out that young adults benefit more from instruction in mnemonic techniques than do older adults. In a study on memory plasticity after instruction in the method of loci, it was found that the cognitive mechanisms of plasticity in young and older adults are largely identical, with the age-related variables of speed of mental operations, associative memory, and number of list rehearsals as the core influences on plasticity. The data fit an amplification model of plasticity, in which variables positively associated with pretest performance and negatively associated with age are positively related to plasticity. Also, older adults were found to comply less with instructions, and when complying, to apply the method of loci correctly less often. Noncompliance, incorrect strategy use, and amplification might explain the adult age differences in treatment gain after instruction in a mnemonic technique.
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“In this study, children, younger adults, and older adults were first taught and then allowed to practice memory performance with an interactive imagery mnemonic, akin to the Method of Loci (Bower, 1970).”
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“…learning, arithmetic computation, inductive reasoning, episodic memory, and mnemonic techniques (Dunlosky & Hertzog, 2001; Dunlosky, Kubat-Silman, & Hertzog, 2003; Hertzog & Dunlosky, 2004; Lemaire, Arnaud, & Lecacheur, 2004; Saczynski, Willis, & Schaie, 2002; Verhaeghen & Marcoen, 1996).”
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“The studies cited above support the amplification model, according to which memory changes during a training depend on the cognitive resources before the training (Verhaeghen & Marcoen, 1996).”
BackgroundMetacognitive monitoring and strategic behaviour in working memory performance
Touron, D. R., Oransky, N. A., Meier, M. E., & Hines, J. C. (2009) · Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology · doi:10.1080/17470210903418937 · Cited by 38
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“For instance, older adults show a more limited repertoire of strategies, less consistent strategy usage, and poorer-quality mediators than younger adults (Dunlosky & Hertzog, 1998 ; Dunlosky, Hertzog, & Powell-Moman, 2005 ; Verhaeghen & Marcoen, 1996 ).”
BackgroundAging and Executive Functioning: A Training Study on Focus-Switching
Dorbath, L., Hasselhorn, M., & Titz, C. (2011) · Frontiers in Psychology · doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2011.00257 · Cited by 48
“This suggests that the amount of cognitive improvement is reduced in older age (e.g., Singer et al., 2003) and can be described with an amplification model (Verhaeghen and Marcoen, 1996).”
BackgroundInfluentialSpontaneous Production and Use of Mnemonic Strategies in Older Adults
Saczynski, J. S., Rebok, G. W., Whitfield, K. E., & Plude, D. (2007) · Experimental Aging Research · doi:10.1080/03610730701318899 · Cited by 35
“…use, less efficient strategy use, and smaller magnitude of gain following strategy training (Brigham & Presseley, 1988; Saczynski et al., 2002; Verhaeghen & Marcoen, 1996; Verhaeghen et al., 1992), it was surprising that age was related to strategy use only on the Names & Faces memory task.”
MethodPredicting short- and long-term cognitive training success in healthy older adults: who benefits?
Roheger, M., Meyer, J., Kessler, J., & Kalbe, E. (2019) · Aging Neuropsychology and Cognition · doi:10.1080/13825585.2019.1617396 · Cited by 40
“…indicates that plasticity in healthy older adults can be best described through an amplification model, in which the correlates of plasticity are positively related to pretest performance, resulting in lower baseline performance being related to lower training benefits (Verhaeghen & Marcoen, 1996).”
BackgroundBoller, B., Ouellet, É., & Belleville, S. (2021) · Frontiers in Psychology · doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2021.627242 · Cited by 29
“When the list is recalled, the participant mentally goes through its mental route, retrieving the associated image at each locus (Verhaeghen and Marcoen, 1996).”
BackgroundMoll, B., & Sykes, E. R. (2022) · Virtual Reality · doi:10.1007/s10055-022-00700-z · Cited by 27
“Through encouraging participants to use the MoL technique with direct instruction and thorough explanation, it was hoped to increase compliance in participants, which has been shown to be a problem in MoL experiments with particularly older people (Verhaeghen and Marcoen 1996).”
MethodSella, E., Carbone, E., Vincenzi, M., Toffalini, E., & Borella, E. (2022) · Aging & Mental Health · doi:10.1080/13607863.2022.2122931 · Cited by 27
“…to the limited efficacy (in terms of generalizability and durability) of the traditional strategy-based memory training for older adults (Floyd & Scogin, 1997), who often fail to exploit the mnemonic techniques they have learned after completing training (e.g. verhaeghen & Marcoen, 1996).”
BackgroundPredicting Response of Older Adults to Mnemonic Training: Who Will Benefit?
McKitrick, L. A., Friedman, L., Brooks, J. O., Pearman, A. M., KRAEMER, H. C., & Yesavage, J. A. (1999) · International Psychogeriatrics · doi:10.1017/s1041610299005852 · Cited by 27
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“Moreover, cognitive training studies report associations between increased use of strategies and improvement on targeted abilities (Saczynski et al., 2002; Verhaeghen & Marcoen, 1996).”
BackgroundInfluentialWorking Memory: From Neural Activity to the Sentient Mind
Jaffe, R. J., & Constantinidis, C. (2021) · Comprehensive physiology · doi:10.1002/cphy.c210005 · Cited by 33
“Notably, nearly all professional mnemonists are known to apply various encoding strategies, such as the famous method of loci, where objects are associated with familiar locations, after which the objects may be recalled by imaging the locations (490).”
Bråthen, A. C. S., de Lange, A. G., Rohani, D. A., Sneve, M. H., Fjell, A. M., & Walhovd, K. B. (2018) · Human Brain Mapping · doi:10.1002/hbm.24287 · Cited by 21
“In addition, older participants have shown compliance challenges with strategy training relative to young participants (Verhaeghen & Marcoen, 1996).”
BackgroundEffects of Education on Executive Functioning and its Trainability
Dorbath, L., Hasselhorn, M., & Titz, C. (2013) · Educational Gerontology · doi:10.1080/03601277.2012.700820 · Cited by 22
“On no account does education affect training gains as an amplification factor (Verhaeghen & Marcoen, 1996).”
BackgroundWorking Memory Training and Transfer: Theoretical and Practical Considerations
Jaeggi, S. M., & Buschkuehl, M. (2014) · Springer proceedings in mathematics & statistics · doi:10.1007/978-3-319-07755-0_2 · Cited by 24
“[165]).”
Belleville, S., Mellah, S., Boller, B., & Ouellet, É. (2022) · Neurobiology of Aging · doi:10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2022.10.010 · Cited by 22
“At retrieval, participants simply walked their route to retrieve the association made between the location and the items on the list (Verhaeghen and Marcoen, 1996).”
Hyer, L. A., Scott, C. V., Lyles, J., Dhabliwala, J., & McKenzie, L. (2013) · Aging & Mental Health · doi:10.1080/13607863.2013.819832 · Cited by 24
“Results show that episodic memory can be improved by training, and that the effects are well maintained (Verhaeghen & Marcoen, 1996).”
BackgroundSandberg, P., Rönnlund, M., Derwinger, A., & Neely, A. S. (2015) · Neuropsychological Rehabilitation · doi:10.1080/09602011.2015.1046459 · Cited by 20
“However, at least in younger adults, Verhaeghen and Marcoen (1996) found that visual working memory predicted training gains beyond a measure of episodic memory.”
BackgroundResultInfluentialMemory rehabilitation in older adults
Glisky, E. L., & Glisky, M. L. (2008) · Cambridge University Press eBooks · doi:10.1017/cbo9781316529898.037 · Cited by 20
Heterogeneity in memory training improvement among older adults: A latent class analysis
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“…who show higher performance on cognitive ability measures and demonstrate higher baseline performance in memory training programmes subsequently gain more from instruction and practice of mnemonic strategies (Bissig & Lustig, 2007; Kliegl, Smith, & Baltes, 1990; Verhaeghen & Marcoen, 1996).”
BackgroundTrautmann, M., Voelcker‐Rehage, C., & Godde, B. (2011) · Journal for Labour Market Research · doi:10.1007/s12651-011-0078-2 · Cited by 18
“These abilities are not only individually very diverse but they also often decrease with age in different aspects of work requirements and work specific abilities (Baltes et al. 1989; Classen and Cohen 2003; Verhaeghen and Marcoen 1996).”
BackgroundThe effect of strategic memory training in older adults: who benefits most?
Rosi, A., Signore, F. D., Canelli, E., Allegri, N., Bottiroli, S., Vecchi, T., & Cavallini, E. (2017) · International Psychogeriatrics · doi:10.1017/s1041610217002691 · Cited by 17
“These studies support the amplification model according to which individuals with a higher initial performance have more efficient cognitive resources, which, in turn, allow them to benefit more from mnemonic training (Verhaeghen and Marcoen, 1996).”
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“752 Psychiatry Investig 20200;17(8):751-761 strated comparable effects in older adults and young adults.”
BackgroundInfluentialAssociative memory advantage in grapheme-color synesthetes compared to older, but not young adults
Pfeifer, G., Rothen, N., Ward, J., et al. (2014) · Frontiers in Psychology · doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00696 · Cited by 15
Sportmotorische Entwicklung über die Lebensspanne
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The Relationship between Intelligence and Training Gains Is Moderated by Training Strategy
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“It must be noted, however, that other studies found reduced (yet substantial) memory benefits from encoding strategies in older adults, especially for complex multi-step mnemonic techniques (Kliegl, Smith, & Baltes, 1989, 1990; Verhaeghen & Marcoen, 1996).”
Sousa, A. E., Mahdid, Y., Brodeur, M. B., & Lepage, M. (2021) · Frontiers in Psychology · doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2021.612681 · Cited by 9
Beyond social engagement: cognitive training leads to greater cognitive improvement in older adults
Izhak, S. B., Diedrich, L., Antal, A., & Michal Lavidor, B. (2023) · Aging Neuropsychology and Cognition · doi:10.1080/13825585.2023.2216927 · Cited by 10
“In all sessions, participants were encouraged to create bizarre or exaggerated images/ associations/stories for better recall (Verhaeghen & Marcoen, 1996) and had no time limitation to create them.”
BackgroundIzhak, S. B., & Michal Lavidor, B. (2023) · Journal of Cognition and Development · doi:10.1080/15248372.2023.2172413 · Cited by 11
Metadata
- Authors
- Verhaeghen, P., & Marcoen, A.
- Affiliations
- UCLouvain (BE)
- ORCID
- Verhaeghen, Paul
- Venue
- Psychology and Aging
- Published
- 1996-03
- Volume
- 11
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 164-178
- ISSN
- 0882-7974 (ISSN-L)
- 1939-1498
- OpenAlex
- W1999006480
- Cited by
- 180
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 2.18
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Psychology and Aging (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Cognitive Functions and Memory
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory Processes and Influences
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Aging and Gerontology Research
- Keywords
- method of loci, memory plasticity, mnemonic strategies, age differences, older adults, young adults, associative memory, treatment gains
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Aging, Aptitude, Association Learning, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Neuropsychological Tests, Practice, Psychological, Problem Solving, Reaction Time, Mental Recall, Verbal Learning
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