A meta-analysis of prospective memory (PM) studies revealed that in laboratory settings
younger participants outperform older participants on tests of both time-and event-based PM …

The 2 main objectives of this article are to review a variety of literatures in which the concept
of compensation is used and to integrate the results of this review into a general framework …

The third edition of Life Span Human Development helps students gain a deeper
understanding of the many interacting forces affecting development from infancy, childhood …

The phenomenon of age-related cognitive decline has long been controversial, both in
terms of mere existence, and with respect to how it is explained. Some researchers have …

Devoted exclusively to prospective memory, this volume organizes the research and
thoughts of the important contributors to the field in one comprehensive resource. The …

Abstract [The effects of normal aging are discussed with reference to sensory, short-term,
long-term, episodic, semantic, and implicit memory.] Beginning with discussions of classical …

Older adults have a harder time than younger adults remembering specific events and
experiences (episodic memory), whereas the ability to use one's general knowledge either …

Mook (1989) recently noted that" the explosion of interest in everyday memory has
enormously enriched the field. Entire areas of investigation that were unknown a few years …

A meta-analytic literature review on adult age differences in speed of search in short-term
memory (12 studies), memory span (40 studies), list recall (68 studies), paired-associate …

The present research tested Tulving's (1985) ternary memory theory. Young (ages 19–32)
and older (ages 63–80) adults were given procedural, semantic, and episodic memory …