scholarly journals Strategy combination during execution of memory strategies in young and older adults

Memory ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 25 (5) ◽  
pp. 619-625 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Hinault ◽  
Patrick Lemaire ◽  
Dayna Touron
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Memory Strategies ◽  
Strategy Combination

scholarly journals A-019 Predictors of Memory Strategy Use in Healthy Older Adults

2020 ◽  
Vol 35 (6) ◽  
pp. 809-809
Author(s):  
Pizzonia K ◽  
Suhr J
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Memory Performance ◽  
Verbal Learning ◽  
Strategy Use ◽  
Community Dwelling ◽  
External Memory ◽  
Memory Ability ◽  
Memory Strategies ◽  
Internal Memory ◽  
Memory Strategy

Abstract Objectives Older adults often use memory strategies to assist with age-associated memory changes, and interventions targeting successful memory strategy use may promote independence. However, individuals vary in their use of memory strategies. We investigated individual difference factors involved in memory strategy use in older adults. Method As part of a larger study on stress and aging, 123 healthy community-dwelling adults over the age of 50 completed various assessments. The present analyses included 91 participants (54% female, mean age 60.80, SD = 8.75) who had completed all measures of interest. Reported external and internal memory strategy use and anxiety about memory ability were measured by the Metamemory in Adulthood (MIA) questionnaire. Psychological variables were measured by the Geriatric Depression Scale, Perceived Stress Scale, and MIA. Memory and working memory performance were assessed using the RBANS, Auditory-Verbal Learning Test, and Auditory Consonant Trigrams. Results Within the context of our model, we found that education (p = .036) and anxiety about memory performance (p = .010) predicted internal memory strategy use, while gender (p = .011), education (p < .001), and anxiety about memory ability (p = .011) predicted external memory strategy use. None of the other variables were related to memory strategy use. Conclusions Though cross-sectional in nature, our results have implications for understanding successful memory strategy use. Regarding demographics, female gender and higher education predicted external memory strategy use, while only education predicted internal memory strategy use. Also, anxiety about memory performance predicted the use of internal and external memory strategies rather than objective memory performance.

Sequential difficulty effects during execution of memory strategies in young and older adults

Memory ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 23 (6) ◽  
pp. 806-816 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kim Uittenhove ◽  
Lucile Burger ◽  
Laurence Taconnat ◽  
Patrick Lemaire
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Memory Strategies

Visual and Auditory Verbal Memory in Older Adults: Comparing Postlingually Deaf Cochlear Implant Users to Normal-Hearing Controls

2020 ◽  
Vol 63 (11) ◽  
pp. 3865-3876
Author(s):  
Michal Icht ◽  
Yaniv Mama ◽  
Riki Taitelbaum-Swead
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Cochlear Implant ◽  
Verbal Memory ◽  
Memory Performance ◽  
Normal Hearing ◽  
Auditory Task ◽  
No Production ◽  
Memory Strategies ◽  
Open Set ◽  
Auditory Tasks

Purpose The aim of this study was to test whether a group of older postlingually deafened cochlear implant users (OCIs) use similar verbal memory strategies to those used by older normal-hearing adults (ONHs). Verbal memory functioning was assessed in the visual and auditory modalities separately, enabling us to eliminate possible modality-based biases. Method Participants performed two separate visual and auditory verbal memory tasks. In each task, the visually or aurally presented study words were learned by vocal production (saying aloud) or by no production (reading silently or listening), followed by a free recall test. Twenty-seven older adults (> 60 years) participated (OCI = 13, ONH = 14), all of whom demonstrated intact cognitive abilities. All OCIs showed good open-set speech perception results in quiet. Results Both ONHs and OCIs showed production benefits (higher recall rates for vocalized than nonvocalized words) in the visual and auditory tasks. The ONHs showed similar production benefits in the visual and auditory tasks. The OCIs demonstrated a smaller production effect in the auditory task. Conclusions These results may indicate that different modality-specific memory strategies were used by the ONHs and the OCIs. The group differences in memory performance suggest that, even when deafness occurs after the completion of language acquisition, the reduced and distorted external auditory stimulation leads to a deterioration in the phonological representation of sounds. Possibly, this deterioration leads to a less efficient auditory long-term verbal memory.

MEMORY STRATEGIES REPORTED BY OLDER ADULTS FOR EXPERIMENTAL AND EVERYDAY LEARNING TASKS

1981 ◽  
Vol 7 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 205-213 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claire E. Weinstein ◽  
Michael Duffy ◽  
Vicki L. Underwood ◽  
Jane MacDonald ◽  
Sharon P. Gott
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Memory Strategies ◽  
Learning Tasks ◽  
Everyday Learning

Strategy Use Mediates the Relation between Openness to Experience and Episodic Memory in Younger and Older Adults

2020 ◽  
pp. 003329412098193
Author(s):  
Elisabeth Talpain ◽  
Andrea Soubelet
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Memory Performance ◽  
Memory Task ◽  
Strategy Use ◽  
Openness To Experience ◽  
Retrospective Memory ◽  
Memory Strategies ◽  
Memory Strategy ◽  
Efficient Memory

Previous research has shown that people with higher levels of Openness to Experience show higher levels of cognitive functioning. However, the mechanisms underlying this personality-cognition relation are not well understood. The goal of the current project was to examine whether strategy use mediates the relation between Openness to experience and retrospective memory, and whether the role of strategy use in the Openness-memory relation was the same in younger and older adults. Method: Two studies were conducted. In each of them, younger and older adults were administered a retrospective memory task (29 younger and 27 older in Study 1, 43 adults of all ages in Study 2). They were asked to report the strategies they used during the task, and to complete an Openness to Experience scale. Results: Consistent with previous reports, higher scores of Openness to experience and greater use of efficient memory strategies were associated with higher levels of memory performance. In addition, individual differences in memory strategy use mostly mediated the relation between Openness and memory performance. Results did not support a mediation model moderated by age. That is, the role of memory strategy use in the relation between Openness and memory was the same in younger and older adults. Conclusion: Higher levels of Openness are associated with better memory performance, mostly because people with higher levels of Openness use more efficient memory strategies.

scholarly journals Online Personalised Training in Memory Strategies for Everyday (OPTIMiSE) Program for Older Adults with Cognitive Concerns: Pilot Study Protocol

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 143-152
Author(s):  
Kerryn E. Pike ◽  
Carl I. Moller ◽  
Christina Bryant ◽  
Maree Farrow ◽  
Duy P. Dao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Pilot Study ◽  
Outcome Measures ◽  
Memory Performance ◽  
Secondary Outcome ◽  
Access Barriers ◽  
Post Intervention ◽  
Cognitive Changes ◽  
Memory Strategies ◽  
Increased Risk

Memory interventions for older adults with cognitive concerns result in improved memory performance and maintenance of cognitive health. These programs are typically delivered face-to-face, which is resource intensive and creates access barriers, particularly for those with reduced mobility, limited transportation, and living in rural or remote areas. The COVID-19 pandemic has created an additional access barrier, given the increased risk this disease poses to older adults. Internet-based interventions seek to overcome these barriers. This paper describes the protocol of a pilot study that aims to evaluate the feasibility, acceptability, and efficacy of one such internet-based intervention: the Online Personalised Training in Memory Strategies for Everyday (OPTIMiSE) program. OPTIMiSE focuses on improving knowledge regarding memory and providing training in effective memory strategies for everyday life. The pilot study described in this protocol will be a single-arm pre-post study of 8 weeks duration, with a single maintenance session 3 months post-intervention. Participants will be Australian adults aged ≥60 years reporting cognitive changes compared with 10 years ago. Primary outcome measures will address feasibility, acceptability, and efficacy. Secondary outcome measures assessing sense of community and self-efficacy will be administered at the 8-week and 3-month timepoints. Data collection will conclude mid-2021, and results will be presented in a subsequent publication. Translation of memory interventions to internet-based delivery has the potential to remove many access barriers for older adults; however, the acceptability and feasibility of this modality needs investigation. OPTIMiSE is the initial step in what could be an important program enabling access to an evidence-based memory intervention for older adults worldwide. Trial registration: Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry (ANZCTR), ACTRN12620000979954

Older Adults' Daily Use of Memory Strategies

1999 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebecca Loeffler ◽  
Christopher Litton ◽  
James H. Bodle ◽  
Robin Brock
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Memory Strategies

scholarly journals Use of memory strategies among younger and older adults: Results from objective and subjective measures

2011 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 93-98 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aline Teixeira Fabricio ◽  
Mônica Sanches Yassuda
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Young Adults ◽  
Short Story ◽  
Visual Memory ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Subjective Measures ◽  
Memory Strategies ◽  
First Year College ◽  
Black And White ◽  
First Year College Students

Abstract Memory plays a fundamental role in the identity of people and in human life, as it enables us to interpret our surroundings and make decisions. It is known that the aging process can be accompanied by cognitive decline in some memory sub systems. However, the use of memory strategies can help encoding and retrieval of new information. Objective: The aim of this study was to identify and compare, using objective and subjective measures, which recall strategies are used spontaneously by young and older adults. Methods: Twenty-six first-year college students, and thirty-three seniors enrolled at the Third Age University of the same campus, completed a visual memory test including 18 black and white pictures, memorized a short story, and completed an open question about memory strategies, a memory check list to indicate strategies used, and a memory self-efficacy scale. The Bousfield categorization measure was also calculated from the recall protocol. Results: Young adults demonstrated better performance than the older adults on the memory tasks, and were also more confident. Both groups reported using similar strategies. Conclusion: Young and older adults seem to tackle memory tasks in similar ways but young adults outperform seniors.

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