| Abstract: | Abstract We examined an approach aimed at training consciously-controlled recollection, introduced by Jennings and Jacoby (2003) Jennings, J. M. and Jacoby, L. L. 2003. Improving memory in older adults: Training recollection. Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, 13: 417–440. [CSA][CROSSREF][Taylor & Francis Online], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar], for its ability to replicate and generalize. A continuous recognition task, requiring recollection to identify the occurrence of repeated items over gradually increasing lag intervals (number of intervening items between the first and second presentation of a repeated word), was given to a group of older adults twice a week for three weeks. Pre-and-post training performance was assessed on multiple measures and compared with a recognition practice and no contact control group. Recollection training proved successful; accurate identification of repeated items increased across a lag interval of 2 to 18 intervening items. Post-training gains following recollection training were found on n-back, self-ordered pointing, source discrimination and digit symbol substitution, but not with reading span or the CVLT-II. No changes were identified in the other groups. Gains from recollection training seem to transfer successfully in older adults. |
