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Peer reviewedYesavage, Jerome A.; And Others – Journal of Gerontology, 1983
Compared three techniques for teaching name-to-face associations to older adults. Participants (N=60) were divided into no image (control), image, and image plus judgment groups. Results showed strong improvement in remembering names when interactive imagery was used. Those in the image plus judgment group showed less forgetting in recall.…
Descriptors: Cues, Gerontology, Imagery, Learning Theories
Peer reviewedKausler, Donald H.; Puckett, James M. – Journal of Gerontology, 1980
Study replicates and extends the results obtained by Attig and Hasher (1980) in finding null effects for adult age variation and instructional variation on a relative frequency judgment task. Finds nonsignificant covariation for both young and elderly adults between judgment proficiency and paired-associate learning proficiency. (Author)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Measurement, Intelligence Differences, Memory
