scholarly journals The effect of age on visuo-spatial short-term memory in family dogs

2017 ◽  
pp. 17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrizia Piotti ◽  
Dóra Szabó ◽  
Lisa Wallis ◽  
Zsófia Bognár ◽  
Bianka Stiegmann Stiegmann ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Memory ◽  
Short Term Memory ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Limited Attention ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Cognitive Changes ◽  
Term Memory ◽  
Age Related ◽  
Explicit Training ◽  
Short Time

Decline in the visuo-spatial memory domain may be an early marker for cognitive decline and has a relevant impact on animal welfare. Current research on visuo-spatial memory in family dogs is often limited byfactors such as the need of extensive pre-training, limited attention to co-occurring medical conditions, a focus on laboratory dogs, or low sample size. Therefore, we aimed to develop a test that relies on visuospatialshort-term memory, may be performed in a short time, and does not require explicit training. We tested a large sample of young and old dogs, finding that young dogs were more likely to perform correctly, although performance decreased with consecutive trials in both age groups. However, groups did not vary in the severity of mistakes. This task represents the first measure of dogs’ age-related decline of short-term spatial memory that does not require explicit training. The test could potentially be used in veterinary behaviour contexts to monitor cognitive changes in ageing dogs, utilizing a simple binary measure ofsuccess.

Auditory comprehension and aging: Decline in syntactic processing

1991 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 433-452 ◽  
Author(s):  
Loraine K. Obler ◽  
Deborah Fein ◽  
Marjorie Nicholas ◽  
Martin L. Albert
Keyword(s):  
Short Term Memory ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Reaction Times ◽  
Syntactic Processing ◽  
Auditory Comprehension ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Mental Control ◽  
Syntactic Structures ◽  
Age Related ◽  
Neuropsychological Tasks

ABSTRACTComprehension of six syntactic structures was tested across four age groups. Each structure was presented with both plausible and implausible content. The contribution of cognitive nonlinguistic factors important for comprehension (attention, short-term memory, and mental control) was tested via standard neuropsychological tasks. Sixty-six women aged 30–79 were tested. Both errors and reaction times increased with age, especially for more complex syntactic types and implausible sentences. The neuropsychological factors tested contributed minimally to an age-related decline in comprehension, suggesting that the subtle breakdown seen in syntactic processing may be a language-specific impairment.

Visual Short-Term Memory, Age, and Imaging Ability

1978 ◽  
Vol 46 (2) ◽  
pp. 571-576 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. K. Adamowicz
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Visual Masking ◽  
Short Term Memory ◽  
Stimulus Complexity ◽  
Verbal Intelligence ◽  
Response Delay ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Term Memory ◽  
Visual Short Term Memory ◽  
Age Related

Visual short-term memory of young and older adults was studied in relation to imaging ability. Both recall and recognition memory tasks were used and additional variables included stimulus complexity and response delay (recognition tasks) and stimulus complexity and visual masking (recall tasks). Young and older participants were matched on visual discrimination, verbal intelligence, and imaging ability. Stimuli consisted of abstract visual patterns. Age-related decrements in recognition and recall were observed but performance was related to imaging ability only with recall tasks and only for older adults. The results were discussed with reference to mediational strategies and locus of occurrence of age-related decrements in short-term memory.

scholarly journals Comparison between the timing of the occurrence of taste sensitivity changes and short-term memory decline due to aging in SAMP1 mice

PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. e0248673
Author(s):  
Masataka Narukawa ◽  
Suzuka Takahashi ◽  
Aya Kamiyoshihara ◽  
Kentaro Matsumiya ◽  
Takumi Misaka
Keyword(s):  
Spontaneous Alternation ◽  
Short Term Memory ◽  
Long Term Potentiation ◽  
Taste Sensitivity ◽  
Alternation Behavior ◽  
Spontaneous Alternation Behavior ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Term Memory ◽  
Age Related ◽  
Old Mice

Several studies have suggested that cognitive impairment affects taste sensitivity. However, the mechanism behind this is still unclear. In this study, we focused on short-term memory. Using senescence-accelerated mouse prone 1 (SAMP1) mice, we compared whether the effects of aging are observed earlier in taste sensitivity or short-term memory. We used 8-week-old mice as the young group, and 70- and 80-week-old mice as aged groups. Taste sensitivity was evaluated using a 48-hour two-bottle preference test, and short-term memory was evaluated using the Y-maze test. SAMP1 mice showed apparently changes in taste sensitivity at 70-weeks-old. However, the influence of aging on spontaneous alternation behavior, which is indicative of short-term memory alterations, was not observed in 70-week-old mice. At 80-weeks-old, the influence of aging was observed, and spontaneous alternation behavior was significantly decreased. This suggests that age-dependent changes in taste sensitivity occur prior to short-term memory function decline. In addition, there was no significant influence of aging on the mRNA expression of long-term potentiation-related genes in the hippocampus of 80-week-old mice. Therefore, the age-related decline of short-term memory may not affect taste sensitivity.

“I Think I Can Remember” Age-Related Changes in Self-Efficacy for Short-Term Memory

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 97
Author(s):  
Gagan Bajaj ◽  
DasmineFraclita D'Souza ◽  
VinithaMary George ◽  
Sudhin Karuppali ◽  
JayashreeS Bhat
Keyword(s):  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Short Term Memory ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Term Memory ◽  
Age Related ◽  
Age Related Changes

scholarly journals Free Recall of Bound Information Held in Short-Term Memory is Unimpaired by Age and Education

2019 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 165-175 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mônica Sanches Yassuda ◽  
Maria Teresa Carthery-Goulart ◽  
Mario Amore Cecchini ◽  
Luciana Cassimiro ◽  
Katarina Duarte Fernandes ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Free Recall ◽  
Short Term Memory ◽  
Brain Aging ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Or Education ◽  
Experimental Conditions ◽  
Binding Condition ◽  
Term Memory ◽  
Age Related ◽  
Recall Paradigm

Abstract Objectives It has been challenging to identify cognitive markers to differentiate healthy brain aging from neurodegeneration due to Alzheimer’s disease (AD) that are not affected by age and education. The Short-Term Memory Binding (STMB) showed not to be affected by age or education when using the change detection paradigm. However, no previous study has tested the effect of age and education using the free recall paradigm of the STMB. Therefore, the objective of this study was to investigate age and education effects on the free recall version of the STMB test under different memory loads. Methods 126 healthy volunteers completed the free recall STMB test. The sample was divided into five age bands and into five education bands for comparisons. The STMB test assessed free recall of two (or three) common objects and two (or three) primary colors presented as individual features (unbound) or integrated into unified objects (bound). Results The binding condition and the larger set size generated lower free recall scores. Performance was lower in older and less educated participants. Critically, neither age nor education modified these effects when compared across experimental conditions (unbound v. bound features). Conclusions Binding in short-term memory carries a cost in performance. Age and education do not affect such a binding cost within a memory recall paradigm. These findings suggest that this paradigm is a suitable cognitive marker to differentiate healthy brain aging from age-related disease such as AD.

Age-Related Declines in Context Maintenance and Semantic Short-Term Memory

2005 ◽  
Vol 58 (1) ◽  
pp. 34-53 ◽  
Author(s):  
Henk J. Haarmann ◽  
Gemma E. Ashling ◽  
Eddy J. Davelaar ◽  
Marius Usher
Keyword(s):  
Short Term Memory ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Term Memory ◽  
Age Related
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