Metamemory Mediates the Effects of Age on Episodic and Working Memory across the Adult Lifespan.

IF 1.4 4区医学 Q4 GERIATRICS & GERONTOLOGY

Experimental Aging Research Pub Date : 2024-01-01 Epub Date: 2022-12-13 DOI:10.1080/0361073X.2022.2158004

Selene Cansino, Frine Torres-Trejo, Cinthya Estrada-Manilla, Silvia Ruiz Velasco

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Abstract

Background: Previous studies have examined the direct relationship between metamemory and memory performance in young and older adults, but the results of these studies have been inconsistent. Therefore, we examined whether metamemory mediates the effects of age on memory performance.

Methods: We examined episodic memory and working memory through computerized tasks performed by a lifespan sample of 1554 healthy adults. Seven metamemory traits were measured with the Metamemory in Adulthood (MIA) questionnaire. Separate structural equation modeling analyses were conducted to investigate potential metamemory mediators that intervened between age and the accuracy and speed of accessing information from episodic and working memory.

Results: The use of internal or external strategies mediated the effects of age on episodic memory and spatial working memory performance. The perception of one's own memory capacity and the experience of anxiety when using memory functions mediated the effects of age on working memory performance in both domains.

Conclusions: Metamemory traits have the power to strengthen or weaken the course of episodic and working memory decline throughout adulthood.

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元记忆调节年龄对整个成年期的外显记忆和工作记忆的影响

研究背景以前的研究曾探讨过元认知与年轻人和老年人记忆表现之间的直接关系，但这些研究的结果并不一致。因此，我们研究了元记忆是否介导了年龄对记忆表现的影响：方法：我们通过对 1554 名健康成年人的生命周期样本进行计算机化任务，考察了他们的外显记忆和工作记忆。我们使用成人元记忆（MIA）问卷测量了七种元记忆特征。研究人员分别进行了结构方程模型分析，以调查潜在的元记忆中介因素对年龄与从外显记忆和工作记忆中获取信息的准确性和速度之间的影响：结果：内部或外部策略的使用介导了年龄对外显记忆和空间工作记忆成绩的影响。在使用记忆功能时，对自身记忆能力的感知和焦虑体验介导了年龄对这两个领域工作记忆表现的影响：结论：元记忆特征能够加强或削弱整个成年期的外显记忆和工作记忆衰退过程。

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Experimental Aging Research 医学-老年医学

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3.60

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>12 weeks

期刊介绍： Experimental Aging Research is a life span developmental and aging journal dealing with research on the aging process from a psychological and psychobiological perspective. It meets the need for a scholarly journal with refereed scientific papers dealing with age differences and age changes at any point in the adult life span. Areas of major focus include experimental psychology, neuropsychology, psychobiology, work research, ergonomics, and behavioral medicine. Original research, book reviews, monographs, and papers covering special topics are published.