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CHANGES IN IMMEDIATE MEMORY WITH AGE
Author(s) -
McGHIE ANDREW,
CHAPMAN JAMES,
LAWSON J. S.
Publication year - 1965
Publication title -
british journal of psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.536
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 2044-8295
pISSN - 0007-1269
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8295.1965.tb00945.x
Subject(s) - psychology , audiology , developmental psychology , age groups , test (biology) , cognitive psychology , demography , medicine , sociology , paleontology , biology
A test allowing assessment of the differential changes in auditory and visual short‐term retention was given to groups of young, middle‐aged, and elderly adults. The results indicated that all subjects found it more difficult to handle visually, as opposed to aurally, presented information. The decline in visual retention was found to increase with age, this being most noticeable after the age of 60 years. The theoretical and practical consequences of these findings are briefly discussed.