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Aging, Eye Movements, and Object-Location Memory

Author(s) -

Shui-I Shih,

Katie Meadmore,

Simon P. Liversedge

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

plos one

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.99

H-Index - 332

ISSN - 1932-6203

DOI - 10.1371/journal.pone.0033485

Subject(s) - object (grammar) , eye movement , psychology , encoding (memory) , cognitive psychology , affect (linguistics) , computer science , visual short term memory , working memory , artificial intelligence , communication , cognition , neuroscience

This study investigated whether “intentional” instructions could improve older adults' object memory and object-location memory about a scene by promoting object-oriented viewing. Eye movements of younger and older adults were recorded while they viewed a photograph depicting 12 household objects in a cubicle with or without the knowledge that memory about these objects and their locations would be tested (intentional vs. incidental encoding). After viewing, participants completed recognition and relocation tasks. Both instructions and age affected viewing behaviors and memory. Relative to incidental instructions, intentional instructions resulted in more accurate memory about object identity and object-location binding, but did not affect memory accuracy about overall positional configuration. More importantly, older adults exhibited more object-oriented viewing in the intentional than incidental condition, supporting the environmental support hypothesis.

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