Distribution of important and word-cued autobiographical memories in 20-, 35-, and 70-year-old adults.
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Rubin, DC; Schulkind, MD
September 1997
For word-cued autobiographical memories, older adults had an increase, or bump, from the ages 10 to 30. All age groups had fewer memories from childhood than from other years and a power-function retention for memories from the most recent 10 years. There were no consistent differences in reaction times and rating scale responses across decades. Concrete words cued older memories, but no property of the cues predicted which memories would come from the bump. The 5 most important memories given by 20- and 35-year-old participants were distributed similarly to their word-cued memories, but those given by 70-year-old participants came mostly from the single 20-to-30 decade. No theory fully accounts for the bump.
Duke Scholars
Publication Date
September 1997
Publisher
American Psychological Association (APA)
Related Subject Headings
- Word Association Tests
- Retention, Psychology
- Reference Values
- Middle Aged
- Mental Recall
- Male
- Life Change Events
- Humans
- Geriatric Assessment
- Experimental Psychology
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Rubin, D. C., & Schulkind, M. D. (1997). Distribution of important and word-cued autobiographical memories in 20-, 35-, and 70-year-old adults.
Rubin, D. C., and M. D. Schulkind. “Distribution of important and word-cued autobiographical memories in 20-, 35-, and 70-year-old adults.,” September 1997.
Rubin DC, Schulkind MD. Distribution of important and word-cued autobiographical memories in 20-, 35-, and 70-year-old adults. 1997 Sep;
Rubin, D. C., and M. D. Schulkind. Distribution of important and word-cued autobiographical memories in 20-, 35-, and 70-year-old adults. American Psychological Association (APA), Sept. 1997.
Rubin DC, Schulkind MD. Distribution of important and word-cued autobiographical memories in 20-, 35-, and 70-year-old adults. American Psychological Association (APA); 1997 Sep;
Publication Date
September 1997
Publisher
American Psychological Association (APA)
Related Subject Headings
- Word Association Tests
- Retention, Psychology
- Reference Values
- Middle Aged
- Mental Recall
- Male
- Life Change Events
- Humans
- Geriatric Assessment
- Experimental Psychology