Cognitive aging is often described in the context of loss or decline. Emerging research
suggests that the story is more complex, with older adults showing both losses and gains in …

To account for dissociations observed in recognition memory tests, several dual-process
models have been proposed that assume that recognition judgments can be based on the …

A New York Times Notable Book: A psychologist's “gripping and thought-provoking” look at
how and why our brains sometimes fail us (Steven Pinker, author of How the Mind Works). In …

Though often reliable, human memory is also fallible. This article examines how and why
memory can get us into trouble. It is suggested that memory's misdeeds can be classified …

It is well established that healthy aging, amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment (aMCI), and
Alzheimer's Disease (AD) are associated with substantial declines in episodic memory …

Findings from research on false memory have major implications for a number of fields
central to human welfare, such as medicine and law. Although many important conclusions …

Vocabulary scores were examined in a total of 210 articles, containing 324 independent
pairings of younger and older adults, from the 1986–2001 issues of Psychology and Aging …

Two studies examined whether photographing objects impacts what is remembered about
them. Participants were led on a guided tour of an art museum and were directed to observe …

False memories have been studied by cognitive psychologists for decades, dating at least to
the pioneering studies of Bartlett (1932). False memories are important theoretically …

Three experiments examined the recognition performance of older (60–75 yrs) and younger
(17–25 yrs) adults for detailed colored pictures of objects as a function of whether the targets …