Invariance of cognitive triage in the development of recall in adulthood

Marche, Tammy A. and Howe, Mark L. and Lane, David G. and Owre, Keith P. and Briere, Jennifer L. (2009) Invariance of cognitive triage in the development of recall in adulthood. Memory, 17 (5). pp. 518-527. ISSN 0965-8211

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Abstract

Past research has demonstrated that cognitive triage (weak-strong-weak recall pattern) is a robust effect that optimises children's recall. The aim of the current research was to determine whether adults' free recall also exhibits triage and whether cognitive triage is less marked with older than younger adults' recall. Younger and older adults memorised 16 unrelated words until all items were recalled perfectly. The triage pattern existed for both the younger and older adults' recall and there was evidence for age differences in triage. Our results are consistent with claims of greater verbatim forgetting and increased susceptibility to output interference with age in adulthood. Further research is needed to determine whether fuzzy-trace theory adequately explains the ageing of triage and what factors play a role in the development of this pattern of recall in adulthood.

Item Type:
Journal Article
Journal or Publication Title:
Memory
Uncontrolled Keywords:
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Subjects:
?? cognitive triageadult memory developmentfree recallfuzzy-trace theorymemory developmentfalse memoriestask performanceoutputretrievalinterferencelatenciesgeneral medicinemedicine(all) ??
ID Code:
52772
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Deposited On:
22 Feb 2012 16:45
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Yes
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Published
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