Geoffrey B Maddox, Rahul Peravali, Tierney Linville
{"title":"Examining the effects of training on young and older adult implementation of spaced retrieval strategies.","authors":"Geoffrey B Maddox, Rahul Peravali, Tierney Linville","doi":"10.1080/13825585.2020.1846676","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13825585.2020.1846676","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Although the benefits of spaced retrieval are well established, research suggests that young and older adults often fail to optimally implement this strategy. The present study examined how task experience with feedback influenced participant-implemented spaced retrieval and its effect on short and long-term memory retention. Young and older adults were instructed to either equally space or expand their retrieval of face-name associations throughout an ongoing reading task. Participants were then provided feedback on the accuracy with which they implemented experimenter instructions. Results showed that feedback improved utilization of retrieval practice in both young and older adults. Moreover, both age groups successfully produced a pattern of expanded retrieval when instructed to do so, but failed to properly implement equal spacing. Consistent with extant research utilizing experimenter-determined spaced retrieval schedules, our study showed that the inclusion of a longer spacing interval immediately following acquisition resulted in reduced forgetting across the retention interval.</p>","PeriodicalId":520721,"journal":{"name":"Neuropsychology, development, and cognition. Section B, Aging, neuropsychology and cognition","volume":" ","pages":"48-69"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/13825585.2020.1846676","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"38316146","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Savanna M Tierney, Victoria M Kordovski, Samina Rahman, Luis D Medina, Rodica I Damian, Robert L Collins, Steven Paul Woods
{"title":"Neuropsychological aspects of internet-based transit navigation skills in older adults.","authors":"Savanna M Tierney, Victoria M Kordovski, Samina Rahman, Luis D Medina, Rodica I Damian, Robert L Collins, Steven Paul Woods","doi":"10.1080/13825585.2020.1852164","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13825585.2020.1852164","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Older adults commonly experience difficulties efficiently searching the Internet, which can adversely affect daily functioning. This study specifically examined the neuropsychological aspects of online transit planning in 50 younger (M = 22 years) and 40 older (M = 64 years) community-dwelling adults. All participants completed a neuropsychological battery, questionnaires, and measures of Internet use and skills. Participants used a live transit planning website to complete three inter-related tasks (e.g., map a route from an airport to a specific hotel at a particular time). On a fourth Internet transit task, participants were randomized into either a support condition in which they received brief goal management training or into a control condition. Results showed that older adults were both slower and less accurate than their younger counterparts in completing the first three Internet transit tasks. Within the older adults, Internet transit accuracy showed a medium association with verbal memory, executive functions, and auditory attention, but not visuomotor speed, which was the only domain associated with Internet transit task speed in both groups. The goal management training was beneficial for plan development in younger, but not older adults. The planning supports did not impact actual Internet transit task performance in either group. Findings indicate that older adults experience difficulties quickly and accurately using a transit website to plan transportation routes, which is associated with poorer higher-order neurocognitive functions (e.g., memory). Future work might examine the benefits of established memory strategies (e.g., spaced retrieval practice) for online transit planning.</p>","PeriodicalId":520721,"journal":{"name":"Neuropsychology, development, and cognition. Section B, Aging, neuropsychology and cognition","volume":" ","pages":"87-103"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/13825585.2020.1852164","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"38631358","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Adults of all ages experience increased tip-of-the-tongue states under ostensible evaluative observation.","authors":"Christopher J Schmank, Lori E James","doi":"10.1080/13825585.2019.1641177","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13825585.2019.1641177","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In previous research, young adults who were told they were being observed and evaluated reported more tip-of-the-tongue (TOT) instances than those who were not. We first tested whether the same effect is obtained for older adult participants, and then compared the effects of ostensible evaluative observation on word retrieval for adults across the lifespan. Participants in the observed condition were told they were being evaluated throughout the Trier Social Stress Test (TSST) procedure and a word retrieval task, whereas participants in the unobserved condition performed similar tasks with no mention of observation or evaluation. In Experiment 1, older adult participants in the observed condition experienced more TOTs than those in the unobserved condition. In Experiment 2, observation increased TOTs to a similar extent for adults ages 18-80, replicating earlier findings with young adults and Experiment 1. Observation can impair cognitive performance similarly for adults of a wide range of ages.</p>","PeriodicalId":520721,"journal":{"name":"Neuropsychology, development, and cognition. Section B, Aging, neuropsychology and cognition","volume":" ","pages":"517-531"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2020-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/13825585.2019.1641177","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"37408682","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jake Hillyer, Jennifer C Parada, Alexandra Parbery-Clark
{"title":"Assessing performance on the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) in experienced cochlear implant users: use of alternative scoring guidelines.","authors":"Jake Hillyer, Jennifer C Parada, Alexandra Parbery-Clark","doi":"10.1080/13825585.2019.1624684","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13825585.2019.1624684","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Although research suggests a relationship between hearing impairment and cognitive decline in older adults, nuances of this relationship remain unclear. This uncertainty could be attributed to verbal administration of standardized cognitive measures to hearing-impaired (HI) individuals. Various strategies for testing HI populations have been suggested. We tested the efficacy of applying alternative scoring methods that systematically removed auditory-based items on the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) in 27 cochlear implant patients. We calculated the original MoCA score and three alternative scores. The first alternative removed items from the Attention and Language sections; the second alternative removed the Delayed Recall task, and the third alternative removed the Attention, Language, and Delayed Recall items. QoL was assessed using the Glasgow Benefit Inventory and Nijmegen Cochlear Implant Questionnaire. Results indicate a significant difference in MoCA scores with two alternative scoring methods. The second alternative MoCA score related to self-reported performance on the GBI.","PeriodicalId":520721,"journal":{"name":"Neuropsychology, development, and cognition. Section B, Aging, neuropsychology and cognition","volume":" ","pages":"397-411"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2020-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/13825585.2019.1624684","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40537917","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Editorial.","authors":"Audrey Duarte, Marc Haut, Natasha Rajah","doi":"10.1080/13825585.2018.1487144","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13825585.2018.1487144","url":null,"abstract":"Dear Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition readers and contributors: We have some changes to report as well as exciting plans for Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition for the New Year. Linas Bieliauskas has stepped down from his role as Editorin-Chief. Linas’s vision for a journal that aims to bridge the gap between aging research in the fields of neuropsychology and cognitive psychology is one we will continue to uphold. We cannot thank Linas enough for his hard work, enthusiasm, and fairness in his role as editor. We welcome two new editors to ANC. Marc W. Haut, Professor and Chair of Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry at West Virginia University, and Natasha Rajah, Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Psychology, at McGill University and Director of the Douglas Brain Imaging Centre. We believe that our editorial team has the expertise in cognitive aging, neuropsychology, and cognitive neuroscience required not only manage the work published at ANC but also to more directly promote research that effectively bridges the fields of neuropsychology and cognition. To this end, we are announcing new special issues. Although we publish clinical and cognitive work in every issue, we believe that it is important for future of aging research that we better integrate these disciplines. As we have discussed among ourselves on the editorial team, we have similar research goals; namely, to understand the mechanisms of cognitive development across the adult lifespan and to use this knowledge to improve the quality of life for aging adults. Yet, the differing methods and terminology that we use to achieve these goals sometimes make it a challenge to fully appreciate and assimilate our findings. We believe that publishing and promoting a few truly interdisciplinary special issues is one step we can take to overcoming these obstacles.","PeriodicalId":520721,"journal":{"name":"Neuropsychology, development, and cognition. Section B, Aging, neuropsychology and cognition","volume":" ","pages":"633"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2018-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/13825585.2018.1487144","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40543053","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
P Michelle Seewald, Shannon Y De Jesus, Lisa V Graves, Charles C Moreno, Sarah N Mattson, Paul E Gilbert
{"title":"Age-related differences on a new test of temporal order memory for everyday events.","authors":"P Michelle Seewald, Shannon Y De Jesus, Lisa V Graves, Charles C Moreno, Sarah N Mattson, Paul E Gilbert","doi":"10.1080/13825585.2017.1298716","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13825585.2017.1298716","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We developed a new test to examine incidental temporal order memory for a self-generated sequence of tasks one might complete in everyday life. Young and older adults were given 10 cards, each listing a task one might accomplish in a typical day. Participants were asked to self-generate a \"to do\" list by placing the 10 cards in a sequence representing the order in which they would accomplish the tasks, but were not informed of a subsequent memory test. We assessed immediate free recall, delayed free recall, and delayed cued recall for the order of the tasks in the sequence. Older adults were significantly impaired relative to young adults on immediate free recall, delayed free recall, and delayed cued recall. Correlation analyses with standardized neuropsychological tests provide preliminary evidence for construct validity for our test, which is portable and can be rapidly administered in clinical or laboratory settings.</p>","PeriodicalId":520721,"journal":{"name":"Neuropsychology, development, and cognition. Section B, Aging, neuropsychology and cognition","volume":" ","pages":"319-332"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2018-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/13825585.2017.1298716","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"34791666","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Bilingualism and age are continuous variables that influence executive function.","authors":"Sara Incera, Conor T McLennan","doi":"10.1080/13825585.2017.1319902","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13825585.2017.1319902","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We analyzed the effects of bilingualism and age on executive function. We examined these variables along a continuum, as opposed to dichotomizing them. We investigated the impact that bilingualism and age have on two measures of executive control (Stroop and Flanker). The mouse-tracking paradigm allowed us to examine the continuous dynamics of the responses as participants completed each trial. First, we found that the Stroop effect was reduced with younger age and higher levels of bilingualism; however, no Bilingualism by Age interaction emerged. Second, after controlling for baseline, the Flanker effect was not influenced by bilingualism or age. These results support the notion that bilingualism is one way of enhancing some aspects of executive function - specifically those related to the Stroop task - across the adult life span. In sum, different levels of bilingualism, and different ages, result in varying degrees of executive function as measured by the Stroop task.</p>","PeriodicalId":520721,"journal":{"name":"Neuropsychology, development, and cognition. Section B, Aging, neuropsychology and cognition","volume":" ","pages":"443-463"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2018-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/13825585.2017.1319902","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"34936146","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lisa Geraci, Ross De Forrest, Matthew Hughes, Gabriel Saenz, Robert Tirso
{"title":"The effect of cognitive testing and feedback on older adults' subjective age.","authors":"Lisa Geraci, Ross De Forrest, Matthew Hughes, Gabriel Saenz, Robert Tirso","doi":"10.1080/13825585.2017.1299853","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13825585.2017.1299853","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Subjective age, or how old a person feels, is an important measure of self-perception that is associated with consequential cognitive and health outcomes. Recent research suggests that subjective age is affected by certain situations, including cognitive testing contexts. The current study examined whether cognitive testing and positive performance feedback affect subjective age and subsequent cognitive performance. Older adults took a series of neuropsychological and cognitive tests and subjective age was measured at various time points. Participants also either received positive or no feedback on an initial cognitive task, an analogies task. Results showed that participants felt older over the course of the testing session, particularly after taking a working memory test, relative to baseline. Positive feedback did not significantly mitigate this subjective aging effect. Results suggest that subjective age is malleable and that it can be affected by standard cognitive and neuropsychological test conditions.</p>","PeriodicalId":520721,"journal":{"name":"Neuropsychology, development, and cognition. Section B, Aging, neuropsychology and cognition","volume":" ","pages":"333-350"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2018-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/13825585.2017.1299853","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"34802862","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Age-related similarities and differences in monitoring spatial cognition.","authors":"Robert Ariel, Scott D Moffat","doi":"10.1080/13825585.2017.1305086","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13825585.2017.1305086","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Spatial cognitive performance is impaired in later adulthood but it is unclear whether the metacognitive processes involved in monitoring spatial cognitive performance are also compromised. Inaccurate monitoring could affect whether people choose to engage in tasks that require spatial thinking and also the strategies they use in spatial domains such as navigation. The current experiment examined potential age differences in monitoring spatial cognitive performance in a variety of spatial domains including visual-spatial working memory, spatial orientation, spatial visualization, navigation, and place learning. Younger and older adults completed a 2D mental rotation test, 3D mental rotation test, paper folding test, spatial memory span test, two virtual navigation tasks, and a cognitive mapping test. Participants also made metacognitive judgments of performance (confidence judgments, judgments of learning, or navigation time estimates) on each trial for all spatial tasks. Preference for allocentric or egocentric navigation strategies was also measured. Overall, performance was poorer and confidence in performance was lower for older adults than younger adults. In most spatial domains, the absolute and relative accuracy of metacognitive judgments was equivalent for both age groups. However, age differences in monitoring accuracy (specifically relative accuracy) emerged in spatial tasks involving navigation. Confidence in navigating for a target location also mediated age differences in allocentric navigation strategy use. These findings suggest that with the possible exception of navigation monitoring, spatial cognition may be spared from age-related decline even though spatial cognition itself is impaired in older age.</p>","PeriodicalId":520721,"journal":{"name":"Neuropsychology, development, and cognition. Section B, Aging, neuropsychology and cognition","volume":" ","pages":"351-377"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2018-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/13825585.2017.1305086","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"34871867","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Later adults' cultural life scripts of middle and later adulthood.","authors":"Azriel Grysman, Sarah Dimakis","doi":"10.1080/13825585.2017.1319458","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13825585.2017.1319458","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The cultural life script (CLS) refers to expected prototypical life events, often including life transitions overwhelmingly occurring at ages 11-30. This study outlined CLS events at ages after the majority of these events typically occur. Participants, age 38-76, nominated events they expected a person of their age to experience in the future. Participants rated each event's valence, importance, prevalence, and expected age of occurrence. Events were coded into three categories: the normative CLS for events listed by previous CLS studies, offspring's CLS for experiencing CLS events of offspring, and later adulthood CLS for other events nominated by at least 4% of participants. Results suggest scripted events highlighting positivity and change. Offspring's CLS was more positive and occurred earlier than others. Correlations emerged between event characteristics and well-being. Results affirm the prominence of transitions in memory, and suggest ways that older adults maintain well-being despite a cultural narrative that emphasizes decline.</p>","PeriodicalId":520721,"journal":{"name":"Neuropsychology, development, and cognition. Section B, Aging, neuropsychology and cognition","volume":" ","pages":"406-426"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2018-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/13825585.2017.1319458","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"34927419","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}