Environmental determinants of memory improvement in late adulthood
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6203356 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ellen J Langer (0000-0001-8435-2131, corresponding author), Et Al, Pearl Beck, et al et al, Cynthia Winman, Judith Rodin (0009-0006-3008-8631), Lynn Spitzer |
| Year | 1979 |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue | 11 |
| Pages | 2003-2013 |
| Publication date | 1979-11-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-3514 • E-ISSN: 1939-1315 |
| Publisher | American Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1037/0022-3514.37.11.2003 |
| PMID | 521899 |
| OpenAlex | W1991061554, W4252873423 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 17 |
| References cited | 3 |
Two studies were conducted with nursing home residents to determine whether memory could be improved. This was accomplished by increasing the cognitive demand of the environment and then varying the extent to which residents were motivated to attend to and remember these environmental factors. In Study 1, motivation to practice recommended cognitive activities was manipulated by varying the degree of reciprocal self-disclosure offered by interviewers in a series of dyadic interactions. In Study 2, motivation to practice recommended cognitive activities was manipulated by varying whether positive outcomes were contingent on attending to and remembering these activities, which increased in demand over time. Whether as a function of interpersonal (Study 1) or practical (Study 2) incentives, engaging in cognitive activity resulted in improvement on standard short-term memory tests, including probe recall and pattern recall, as well as in improvement on nurses' ratings of alertness, mental activity, and social adjustment for experimental groups relative to controls.
Alertness · Cognition · Cognitive psychology · Developmental psychology · Incentive · Interpersonal communication · Recall · Aging and Gerontology Research · Cognitive Abilities and Testing · Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research · Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes · Identity, Memory, and Therapy · Psychology · Social Psychology
Matters of mind
Memory and aging
Models of helping and coping.
Strategies of memory therapy
Aging and Health
Social Disengagement and Incident Cognitive Decline in Community-Dwelling Elderly Persons
Aging, Natural Death, and the Compression of Morbidity
Aging and Memory Control Beliefs
Two new applications of mindlessness theory
Minding Matters
Psycholinguistic and social psychological components of communication by and with the elderly
The Compression of Morbidity
Aging Labels
Counseling with Older Persons
Ageism, psychology, and public policy
Language, Fallacies, and Mindlessness-Mindfulness in Social Interaction
Social and emotional effects of geographical relocation on elderly retirees
| Citations per year | 0.57 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1980 - 2005 (26) |
| Highly cited | No |