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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.
Abstract
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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“Storing information to memory seems to depend on deep processing of the meaning of new material, determined by the degree to which one understands the information to form meaningful associations and elaborations with existing knowledge (Bower, 2000), as well as on arousal (Butter, 1970) and individual differences (Verhaeghen and Marcoen, 1996) [e.g., age (Anderson et al., 2000), mood (Bower et al.”
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“The memory control group underwent a one-day training workshop in the method of loci, a technique used to memorize items in an ordered sequence [59], [60].”
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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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