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Improving memory performance in the aged through mnemonic training: a meta-analytic study.

Verhaeghen, Paul, Marcoen, Alfons, Goossens, Luc·1992·Psychology and Aging

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The effectiveness of memory training for the elderly was examined through a meta-analysis of pre-to-posttest gains on episodic memory tasks in healthy subjects aged 60 or above. Pre-to-posttest gains were found to be significantly larger in training groups (0.73 SD, k = 49) than in both control (0.38 SD, k = 10) and placebo (0.37 SD, k = 8) groups. Treatment gains in training groups were negatively affected by age of participants and duration of training sessions and positively affected by group treatment, pretraining, and memory-related interventions. No differences in treatment gain were obtained as a function of type of mnemonic taught nor the kind of pretraining used.

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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
Verhaeghen, P., Marcoen, A., & Goossens, L.
Affiliations
UCLouvain (BE)
Venue
Psychology and Aging
Published
1992
Volume
7
Issue
2
Pages
242-251
ISSN
  • 0882-7974 (ISSN-L)
  • 1939-1498
OpenAlex
W2000804359
Cited by
601
References
0
Citations by year
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FWCI
4.38
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 › Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology › Aging and Gerontology Research
Keywords
memory training, mnemonic training, episodic memory, older adults, aging, cognitive training, pre-training, group training, training duration, age effects
MeSH terms
Aged, Aging, Humans, Individuality, Practice, Psychological, Mental Recall, Retention, Psychology, Meta-Analysis as Topic

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