El Haj Mohamad, Raffard Stéphane, Gély-Nargeot Marie-Christine
a SCALab UMR CNRS 9193 , University of Lille , Lille , France.
b Epsylon Laboratory, EA 4556 , University Montpellier III , Montpellier , France.
Memory. 2016;24(4):526-34. doi: 10.1080/09658211.2015.1021257. Epub 2015 Mar 13.
Destination memory is the ability to remember the destination to which a piece of information has been addressed (e.g., "Did I tell you about the promotion?"). This ability is found to be impaired in normal ageing. Our work aimed to link this deterioration to the decline in theory of mind. Forty younger adults (M age = 23.13 years, SD = 4.00) and 36 older adults (M age = 69.53 years, SD = 8.93) performed a destination memory task. They also performed the False-belief test addressing cognitive theory of mind and the Reading the mind in the eyes test addressing affective theory of mind. Results showed significant deterioration in destination memory, cognitive theory of mind and affective theory of mind in the older adults. The older adults' performance on destination memory was significantly correlated with and predicted by their performance on cognitive theory of mind. Difficulties in the ability to interpret and predict others' mental states are related to destination memory decline in older adults.
目标记忆是指记住一条信息所指向的目标的能力（例如，“我跟你说过升职的事吗？”）。研究发现，这种能力在正常衰老过程中会受到损害。我们的研究旨在将这种衰退与心理理论的下降联系起来。40名年轻人（平均年龄 = 23.13岁，标准差 = 4.00）和36名老年人（平均年龄 = 69.53岁，标准差 = 8.93）参与了一项目标记忆任务。他们还进行了涉及认知心理理论的错误信念测试和涉及情感心理理论的读心术测试。结果显示，老年人在目标记忆、认知心理理论和情感心理理论方面有显著衰退。老年人在目标记忆上的表现与他们在认知心理理论上的表现显著相关且可由其预测。解读和预测他人心理状态能力的困难与老年人目标记忆衰退有关。
