PMID: 9416631Jan 7, 1998Paper

Do performance strategies mediate age-related differences in associative learning?

Psychology and Aging
W A Rogers, D K Gilbert

Abstract

Associative learning is a basic component of most learning tasks and has been shown to decline with age. The authors examined associative learning for younger and older adults by using a noun-pair task. Interim testing and prior practice on a similar task were the manipulated variables. Participants were encouraged to use an efficient retrieval strategy. Interim tests provided the motivation to learn the information, whereas prior practice on a similar task was presumed to make the task easier. The authors examined these variables both independently and interactively. For younger adults, performance benefited little from prior practice but did benefit from interim testing. For older adults, interim tests were beneficial for development of a retrieval strategy irrespective of prior training. Prior training proved beneficial for development of a retrieval strategy in the absence of interim tests. Thus, task parameters influenced the performance strategy (and learning), especially of older adults.

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Sep 11, 2009·Psychology and Aging·Dayna R Touron, Christopher Hertzog
Mar 16, 2011·Psychology and Aging·Christopher Hertzog, Dayna R Touron
Dec 14, 2011·Neuropsychology, Development, and Cognition. Section B, Aging, Neuropsychology and Cognition·Jarrod HinesDayna Touron

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