Older people seem to have difficulty learning new materials, perhaps because it takes them
longer to retrieve relevant encoding information from memory. To assess the effects of age …

A common complaint of older adults is that they have trouble remembering names, even the
names of people they know well. Two experiments examining this problem are reported in …

The time required to name four groups of pictures was measured in 83 community dwelling
males (18-70 years of age). One group consisted of objects used 50 to 70 years ago (unique …

In this article, the task of separating specific from general effects of normal aging on
cognition is illustrated by considering the retrieval of proper names as a possible case of …

Two experiments are reported that examine the effects of repetition on name retrieval in
younger adults (in their 50s and 60s) and older adults (in their 70s and 80s). In Experiment …

An important determinant of picture and word naming speed is the age at which the names
were learned (age of acquisition). Two related interpretations of these effects are that they …

Longitudinal performance on the Boston Naming Test (BNT) was evaluated in 53 normal
subjects aged 30 to 79 who were each tested three times over a 7-year span. Naming …

The present experiment investigated adult age differences in the retrieval of information from
long-term memory. Each trial required a decision regarding the synonymy of two visually …

Lexical retrieval for common nouns and verbs was measured using 2 picture naming tests in
162 healthy female and male subjects aged 30 to 79 years. Responses were scored for …

Subjects over the age of 50 listened to theme tunes of remote, recent, and frequent
television programs. If they recognized the tune, they were asked for the name of the …