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Peer reviewedTreat, Nancy J.; Reese, Hayne W. – Developmental Psychology, 1976
Noun pairs were learned by younger and older adults. Anticipation and presentation intervals were manipulated, and there were no-imagery, experimenter-provided imagery, and self-generated imagery instructions. Older subjects generated and used imagery with the same facility as younger subjects, although retrieval time was longer. (GO)
Descriptors: Adult Development, Imagery, Learning Processes, Memory
Peer reviewedGratzinger, Peter; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1990
Explored the relationship between three personality traits in older adults and improvement in face-name recall after three types of intervention. Results showed improvement in recall after intervention; a correlation between the openness trait and recall with all interventions; and a correlation between the fantasy subfactor trait and recall with…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Evaluative Thinking, Extraversion Introversion, Fantasy
