Automatic versus intentional uses of memory: Aging, attention, and control.

Jennings, Janine M., Jacoby, Larry L.·1993·Psychology and Aging
DOI 10.1037//0882-7974.8.2.283

Abstract

In 2 experiments, the authors used a process dissociation procedure (Jacoby, 1991) to separately examine the effects of aging on automatic and consciously controlled memory processes. In Experiment 1, a group of young adults in either a full-attention or divided-attention condition were compared with a group of elderly adults on a fame judgment task. Both age and divided attention had a detrimental effect on consciously controlled memory processing but left automatic processing intact. In Experiment 2, the same age-related pattern was found using a more demanding forced-choice recognition paradigm.

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