Memory Aging Research: Real-Life and Laboratory Relationships

✍ Scribed by John M. Rybash

• Book ID: 101277440
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1996
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 326 KB
• Volume: 10
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0888-4080
• DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-0720(199606)10:3<187::aid-acp373>3.0.co;2-x

✦ Synopsis

Memory, more so than any other cognitive function, seems to be impaired by the processes associated with normal and neuropathological aging. In fact, conventional wisdom suggests that age-related and disease-related memory decrements are both universal and irreversible. The articles contained in this section of Applied Cognitive Psychology, challenge these assumptions. They show that certain types of memory are spared in both healthy elderly adults and demented individuals, and that successful intervention programs based upon implicit memory techniques may be used to enhance the memorial abilities of severely demented patients. Furthermore, these articles illustrate the dynamic interplay between basic and applied memory research from a developmental perspective.