Greater priming for previously distracting information in young than older adults when suppression is ruled out
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Ward, E., De Mornay Davies, P. and Politimou, N. 2015. Greater priming for previously distracting information in young than older adults when suppression is ruled out. Aging, Neuropsychology and Cognition. 22 (6), pp. 712-730. https://doi.org/10.1080/13825585.2015.1035224
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Title | Greater priming for previously distracting information in young than older adults when suppression is ruled out |
Authors | Ward, E., De Mornay Davies, P. and Politimou, N. |
Abstract | The use of previously distracting information on memory tests with indirect instructions is usually age-equivalent, while young adults typically show greater explicit memory for such information. This could reflect qualitatively distinct initial processing (encoding) of distracting information by younger and older adults, but could also be caused by greater suppression of such information by younger adults on tasks with indirect instructions. In Experiment 1, young and older adults read stories containing distracting words, which they ignored, before studying a list of words containing previously distracting items for a free recall task. Half the participants were informed of the presence of previously distracting items in the study list prior to recall (direct instruction), and half were not (indirect instruction). Recall of previously distracting words was age-equivalent in the indirect condition, but young adults recalled more distracting words in the direct condition. In Experiment 2, participants performed the continuous identification with recognition task, which captures a measure of perceptual priming and recognition on each trial, and is immune to suppression. Priming and recognition of previously distracting words was greater in younger than older adults, suggesting that the young engage in more successful suppression of previously distracting information on tasks in which its relevance is not overtly signaled. |
Keywords | aging; distraction; priming; implicit memory; suppression |
Publisher | Taylor & Francis (Routledge) |
Journal | Aging, Neuropsychology and Cognition |
ISSN | 1382-5585 |
Electronic | 1744-4128 |
Publication dates | |
Online | 20 Apr 2015 |
02 Nov 2015 | |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 24 Apr 2015 |
Accepted | 22 Mar 2015 |
Output status | Published |
Accepted author manuscript | |
Copyright Statement | This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition on 20/04/2015 , available online: http://wwww.tandfonline.com/10.1080/13825585.2015.1035224. |
Additional information | Published online: 20 Apr 2015 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1080/13825585.2015.1035224 |
Web of Science identifier | WOS:000360197400005 |
Language | English |
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