Direct and indirect measures of frequency monitoring in young and elderly adults |
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| Authors: | Alex Martin Darlene V. Howard |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Laboratory of Clinical Science , National Institute of Mental Health and ,;2. Georgetown University , |
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| Abstract: | Memory for frequency of occurrence of novel material (Turkish words) was investigated in young and elderly adults via direct (absolute and relative frequency judgments) and indirect (reading speed) measures. Both young and elderly adults showed increased reading speed as a function of frequency of occurrence (Experiment 1). However, when asked explicitly to identify how often a word occurred (Experiment 1) or which word occurred more often (Experiment 2), elderly subjects were less accurate than young adults. These results support and extend research on age-related dissociations in memory. |
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