Boyle E, Aparicio A M, Kaye J, Acker M
J Am Geriatr Soc. 1975 Jun;23(6):284-6. doi: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1975.tb00320.x.
Seventy-four men and women (age range, 44-77 years) were tested for short-term auditory and visual memory as part of a larger series of memory and cognitive function tests. All test scores for visual memory, including facial photograph recognition when a sequence requirement was adhered to, showed a significant decline (p smaller than .05) in a comparison of subjects aged 44-54 and subjects aged 55-64. This decline was not observed with the two tests of auditory memory. Thus the data indicate that short-term visual memory may be more susceptible to aging than is auditory memory.
