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Auditory and Visual Memory Losses in Aging Populations
Author(s) -
Boyle Edwin,
Aparicio Adolfo M.,
Kaye Jonas,
Acker Marjorie
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
journal of the american geriatrics society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.992
H-Index - 232
eISSN - 1532-5415
pISSN - 0002-8614
DOI - 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1975.tb00320.x
Subject(s) - visual memory , audiology , medicine , echoic memory , visual short term memory , cognition , iconic memory , memory test , psychiatry
Seventy‐four men and women (age range, 44–77 years) were tested for short‐term auditory and visual memory as part of a larger series of memory and cognitive function tests. All test scores for visual memory, including facial photograph recognition when a sequence requirement was adhered to, showed a significant decline (p < .05) in a comparison of subjects aged 44–54 and subjects aged 55–64. This decline was not observed with the two tests of auditory memory. Thus the data indicate that short‐term visual memory may be more susceptible to aging than is auditory memory.