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Plasticity of memory for new learning in very old age: A story of major loss?
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Longitudinal survivors of the Berlin Aging Study (N = 96, mean age = 84 years, range 75-101 years) were instructed and trained in a mnemonic skill to examine plasticity of episodic memory performance in very old age. Performance gains after mnemonic instruction were modest, and most individuals were unable to further enhance their performance during 4 sessions of mnemonic practice. Whereas the proportion of variance explained by measures from the broad fluid-ability domain (e.g., perceptual speed) increased with training, the proportion of variance explained by crystallized-ability domain (e.g., word knowledge) and sociobiographical variables decreased. Furthermore, prior 6-year longitudinal changes (loss) in perceptual speed predicted individual differences in plasticity. Results suggest that aging-induced biological factors are a prominent source of individual differences in cognitive plasticity in very old age.
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- Authors
- Singer, T., Lindenberger, U., & Baltes, P. B.
- Affiliations
- Max Planck Institute for Human Development (DE)
- Venue
- Psychology and Aging
- Published
- 2003-06
- Volume
- 18
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 306-317
- ISSN
- 0882-7974 (ISSN-L)
- 1939-1498
- OpenAlex
- W2170045108
- Cited by
- 240
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- FWCI
- 13.48
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- journal article
- Language
- en
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- Psychology and Aging (publishedVersion)
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- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Aging and Gerontology Research
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Cognitive Functions and Memory
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory Processes and Influences
- Keywords
- cognitive plasticity, episodic memory, oldest old, mnemonic training, perceptual speed, fluid intelligence, crystallized intelligence, individual differences, aging, Berlin Aging Study
- MeSH terms
- Age Factors, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Aging, Brain, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Humans, Learning, Male, Memory, Neuronal Plasticity, Neuropsychological Tests, Practice, Psychological
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