Props, not pictures, are worth a thousand words: verbal accessibility of early memories under different conditions of contextual support

Patricia J. Bauer; Dana L. van Abbema; Sandra A. Wiebe; Mari Strand Cary; Christina Phill; Melissa M. Burch

doi:10.1002/acp.1006

Props, not pictures, are worth a thousand words: verbal accessibility of early memories under different conditions of contextual support

Applied Cognitive Psychology ◽

10.1002/acp.1006 ◽

2004 ◽

Vol 18 (4) ◽

pp. 373-392 ◽

Cited By ~ 23

Author(s):

Patricia J. Bauer ◽

Dana L. van Abbema ◽

Sandra A. Wiebe ◽

Mari Strand Cary ◽

Christina Phill ◽

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Keyword(s):

Early Memories ◽

Contextual Support

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Interindividual Differences in Cognitive Functioning Are Associated with Autobiographical Memory Retrieval Specificity in Older Adults

GeroPsych ◽

10.1024/1662-9647/a000219 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 33 (1) ◽

pp. 15-29 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Sarah Peters ◽

Signy Sheldon

Keyword(s):

Older Adults ◽

Cognitive Functioning ◽

Autobiographical Memory ◽

Memory Retrieval ◽

Cognitive Status ◽

Specific Information ◽

Generation Task ◽

Interindividual Differences ◽

Retrieval Cues ◽

Contextual Support

Abstract. We examined whether interindividual differences in cognitive functioning among older adults are related to episodic memory engagement during autobiographical memory retrieval. Older adults ( n = 49, 24 males; mean age = 69.93; mean education = 15.45) with different levels of cognitive functioning, estimated using the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), retrieved multiple memories (generation task) and the details of a single memory (elaboration task) to cues representing thematic or event-specific autobiographical knowledge. We found that the MoCA score positively predicted the proportion of specific memories for generation and episodic details for elaboration, but only to cues that represented event-specific information. The results demonstrate that individuals with healthy, but not unhealthy, cognitive status can leverage contextual support from retrieval cues to improve autobiographical specificity.

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