Open AccessMemory Strategies Used by Cognitively Intact and Cognitively Impaired Older Adults
Author(s) -
McDougall Graham J.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
journal of the american academy of nurse practitioners
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1745-7599
pISSN - 1041-2972
DOI - 10.1111/j.1745-7599.1995.tb01163.x
Subject(s) - perception , impaired memory , medicine , depression (economics) , elaboration , cognition , psychology , gerontology , developmental psychology , clinical psychology , psychiatry , neuroscience , economics , macroeconomics , philosophy , humanities
This study examined the influence of depression and health on the use of memory strategies of cognitively impaired ( n = 55) and cognitively intact ( n = 169) older adults. The intact group used memory strategies more often than the impaired group and were more likely to use external strategies such as diaries, notes, and lists, instead of internal strategies such as elaboration and rehearsal. The impaired group used the internal strategy effort more often. There was no difference in perception of memory capacity between groups. Depression had a negative influence on perceptions of capacity and change in both groups.