ABSTRACT

Our study examined age-related differences across the adult lifespan using a recently developed test assessing memory for “who, when, and where” in addition to associations among these elements. Young (ages 18–25), middle-aged (ages 40–55), and older adults (ages 60+) were asked to remember a sequence of pictures of different faces paired with different places and place the pairs in the correct sequence. Young adults remembered significantly mores face-place pairs in the correct sequence than middle-aged (p < .05) and older adults (p < .05), but there were no significant differences between middle-aged and older adults. Furthermore, young adults remembered significantly more face-place pairs irrespective of sequence than older adults (p < .05). However, there were no other significant differences among the groups.Using a rapidly administered test that integrates aspects of everyday episodic memory, we found evidence for age-related differences in test performance beginning in middle age.

 抽象的

我们的研究使用最近开发的测试来检查成人寿命中与年龄相关的差异，该测试评估“谁、何时、何地”的记忆以及这些元素之间的关联。年轻人（18-25 岁）、中年（40-55 岁）和老年人（60 岁以上）被要求记住一系列不同面孔与不同位置的图片，并将这些图片按正确的顺序排列。与中年人 ( p < .05) 和老年人 ( p < .05) 相比，年轻人以正确的顺序记住了更多的面孔对，但中年人和老年人之间没有显着差异。此外，无论顺序如何，年轻人比老年人记住更多的面孔对（ p < .05）。然而，各组之间没有其他显着差异。通过快速执行的测试，该测试整合了日常情景记忆的各个方面，我们发现了从中年开始测试表现与年龄相关的差异的证据。