Effects of age on autobiographical memory

摘要: Six experiments investigate the effects of healthy ageing on autobiographical memory (AM). Previous work in this area has shown that older adults exhibit a deficit recall specific episodes from their personal past, yet there is evidence literature exceptions to rule. As yet, have been few replications and little systematic exploration factors processes contribute age AM. Chapter 1 begins with an examination differences for prospectively sampled recent everyday events – which, despite growing interest AM research, remained largely unstudied. The results showed similar event younger adults, demonstrated both replicability dissociation more typical measures (Experiment 2). Subsequent investigations focused ways cueing by manipulating need generative retrieval processing (Chapter 3), effect increasing experimental control measuring same staged 4). On all other tasks performed poorly than adults. However, reanalysis data suggested elderly-like mundane, events. Moreover, analysis semantic within narratives temporally abstracted information 5). findings are interpreted framework which suggests accumulating experience drives shift episodic representation towards schematic form. A parallel line research investigated wearable camera, SenseCam (SC), recently experienced (Experiments 1, 4 SC use provided general benefit, but was supports notion poor performance related altered rather deficient processes.