Episodic and Semantic Contributions to Older Adults' Autobiographical Recall

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ID10120997
AuthorsJohn M Rybash (Hamilton College, corresponding author), Brynn E Monaghan (Hamilton College)
Year1999
Volume126
Issue1
Pages85-96
Publication date1999-01-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Journal of General Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-1309 • E-ISSN: 1940-0888
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00221309909595353
PMID10216971
OpenAlexW2012601850
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited24

The authors examined episodic and semantic contributions to 2 salient features of older adults' autobiographical recall: the reminiscence bump and the retention effect. Forty well-educated and healthy older men (mean age = 72.5 years; SD = 1.1) recalled personal memories in response to a series of cue words. They also categorized each memory as something they remembered from the past (R response) or they knew had happened in the past (K response) and indicated their ages when each memory occurred. The authors assumed that R and K responses reflected the operation of the episodic and semantic memory systems, respectively. Results showed a reminiscence bump and a retention effect for both R and K responses. The authors discuss the implications of this finding concerning the purported bases of the reminiscence bump and the retention effect as well as the notion that aging is more likely to effect episodic memory than semantic memory

Autobiographical memory · Cognition · Cognitive psychology · Developmental psychology · Episodic memory · Psychiatry · Recall · Reminiscence · Semantic memory · Aging and Gerontology Research · Identity, Memory, and Therapy · Memory Processes and Influences · Psychology

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