Gómez-Ariza Carlos J, Pelegrina Santiago, Lechuga M Teresa, Suárez Antonio, Bajo M Teresa
Department of Psychology, Universidad de Jaén, Jaén, Spain.
Exp Aging Res. 2009 Jan-Mar;35(1):83-97. doi: 10.1080/03610730802545234.
Inhibition is considered to have an important role in memory retrieval. However, many experimental results suggest that its efficiency declines with aging. In this study, the authors tested this hypothesis by using the retrieval-practice task. The retrieval-induced forgetting (RIF) observed with this paradigm is normally explained in terms of inhibition. Young (mean age 21.5 years) and older (mean age 71.6 years) adults studied sets of four shared-subject sentences. A retrieval-practice phase required participants to repeatedly recall a subset of the studied sentences. In the final test, participants were provided item-specific cues and told to recall all the studied sentences. RIF was similar for both age groups, suggesting comparable inhibitory efficiency in young and older adults.
抑制作用被认为在记忆提取中起着重要作用。然而，许多实验结果表明，其效率会随着年龄增长而下降。在本研究中，作者通过使用提取练习任务来检验这一假设。用这种范式观察到的提取诱发遗忘（RIF）通常用抑制作用来解释。年轻成年人（平均年龄21.5岁）和年长成年人（平均年龄71.6岁）学习了四组主题相关的句子。一个提取练习阶段要求参与者反复回忆所学习句子的一个子集。在最终测试中，为参与者提供特定项目的线索，并要求他们回忆所有学习过的句子。两个年龄组的提取诱发遗忘情况相似，这表明年轻和年长成年人的抑制效率相当。
