Department of Psychology, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, USA.
Department of Psychology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA.
Neuropsychol Dev Cogn B Aging Neuropsychol Cogn. 2022 Sep;29(5):733-745. doi: 10.1080/13825585.2021.1908513. Epub 2021 Apr 8.
Our study examined age-related differences across the adult lifespan using a recently developed test assessing memory for "who, when, and where" in addition to associations among these elements. Young (ages 18-25), middle-aged (ages 40-55), and older adults (ages 60+) were asked to remember a sequence of pictures of different faces paired with different places and place the pairs in the correct sequence. Young adults remembered significantly mores face-place pairs in the correct sequence than middle-aged ( < .05) and older adults ( < .05), but there were no significant differences between middle-aged and older adults. Furthermore, young adults remembered significantly more face-place pairs irrespective of sequence than older adults ( < .05). However, there were no other significant differences among the groups.Using a rapidly administered test that integrates aspects of everyday episodic memory, we found evidence for age-related differences in test performance beginning in middle age.
我们的研究使用了一种新开发的测试，评估了“谁、何时、何地”的记忆以及这些元素之间的关联，从而考察了成年期的年龄相关差异。年轻人（18-25 岁）、中年人（40-55 岁）和老年人（60 岁以上）被要求记住一系列不同面孔的图片，并与不同的地点配对，然后将这些配对按正确的顺序排列。年轻人记住的正确序列中的面孔-地点对明显多于中年人（<0.05）和老年人（<0.05），但中年人之间和老年人之间没有显著差异。此外，年轻人记住的正确序列中的面孔-地点对明显多于老年人（<0.05）。然而，各组之间没有其他显著差异。使用一种快速实施的测试，整合了日常情景记忆的各个方面，我们发现从中年开始，测试表现存在与年龄相关的差异的证据。
