Aging and semantic cueing during learning and retention of verbal episodic information |
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Authors: | Woo Ellen Schmitter-Edgecombe Maureen |
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Affiliation: | UCLA Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA 90095-7226, USA. Ewoo@mednet.ucla.edu |
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Abstract: | The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of semantic cues provided at encoding and during retention for older adults' memory. For the California Verbal Learning Test-II, participants received semantic or nonsemantic cues that were varied across groups at encoding and during the retention interval. Provision of a semantic cue at encoding led to greater semantic clustering at learning, but not increased recall performance. Providing a semantic cue during the retention interval led to better delayed free recall and greater semantic clustering. No group differences in recall or semantic clustering were found at delayed cued recall. The current findings suggest that semantic cues can be beneficial for recalling unstructured information when administered during the retention interval. |
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