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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"memory aging"”.
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Individual Differences and Memory Aging Concerns of Older Adults
… two issues with respect to the self-reported memory functioning of older adults. The first issue concerns older adults’ practical memory concerns, defined as self-appraisals of one’s own memory that include worries, apprehension, and fears about aging that relate to memory. We used a mixed …
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The effects of memory knowledge on attributions of forgetfulness in younger and older adults
This study examined the relationship between memory knowledge and peoples' perceptions of forgetful younger and older adults in two ways. First, using an experimental approach, younger and older research participants were assigned to one of three information conditions: control (received no …
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Strategy Uses and Study Time: Relationship with Memory Performance in Older Adults
… to foster a greater understanding of age-related memory loss as it pertains to the aging workforce's ability to remain productive and effective in a time of complex change, and to recommend some adjustments that can be made to compensate for these memory declines. The specific intent of this …
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Age-related impairments in memory and in cholinergic signaling due to reduced blood glucose responses to epinephrine
Memory impairments accompany aging and can range in severity from mild deficits during healthy aging to debilitating conditions such as Alzheimer’s disease. The causes of these impairments are generally viewed in terms of anatomical, chemical, and physiological changes within the brain. However, …
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Effects of 17β-estradiol on learning and memory and strategy use during a hole board spatial navigation task in aged male rats
… age related deficits in spatial learning and memory as well as to promote the use of an allocentric strategy during spatial navigation. While the majority of research using 17β- estradiol has been done using females rodents, there have been studies showing an improvement in spatial learning …
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Shedding light on memory retrieval: reactivation of related information and its association with the hippocampus
Memory retrieval is a multifaceted process that involves the coordination of multiple areas of the brain including the cortical memory stores and the hippocampus, an area of the brain shown to be necessary for creating and using flexible bindings between items in memory. One phenomenon that has …