Differential age effects in semantic and episodic memory.
Journal Article (Journal Article)
Results from 4 experimental tasks and 8 data sets (the 4 tasks involved either multiple sessions or different stimuli) as well as a vocabulary test conducted on the same 80 participants (40 younger and 40 older adults) are reported. The authors employed 2 semantic memory tasks (lexical decision and multiplication verification) using data from 2 sessions (for a total of 4 semantic data sets) and 2 episodic memory tasks (hybrid visual search and memory search with digits and with words as stimuli). Factor analyses using slope and intercept data from the 8 experimental data sets indicated the presence of 3 latent factors: a single intercept factor for both episodic and semantic tasks and separate slope factors for episodic and semantic tasks. A structural equation model with paths from age to 3 different 1st-order latent factors (episodic central processes, semantic central processes, and combined episodic and semantic peripheral processes) fit better than general factor models. These data are consistent with a theoretical framework in which there are age-related dissociations between peripheral and central processes across semantic and episodic memory.
Full Text
Duke Authors
Cited Authors
- Allen, PA; Sliwinski, M; Bowie, T; Madden, DJ
Published Date
- March 2002
Published In
Volume / Issue
- 57 / 2
Start / End Page
- P173 - P186
PubMed ID
- 11867665
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
- 1079-5014
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
- 10.1093/geronb/57.2.p173
Language
- eng
Conference Location
- United States