Mediator-based encoding strategies in source monitoring in young and older adults


Kuhlmann, Beatrice G. ; Touron, Dayna R.



DOI: https://doi.org/10.1037/a0027863
URL: https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2012-10773-001
Additional URL: http://libres.uncg.edu/ir/uncg/f/D_Touron_Mediator...
Document Type: Article
Year of publication: 2012
The title of a journal, publication series: Journal of Experimental Psychology. Learning, Memory, and Cognition
Volume: 38
Issue number: 5
Page range: 1352-1364
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Publishing house: American Psychological Association ; Ovid
ISSN: 0278-7393 , 1939-1285
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Publication language: English
Institution: School of Social Sciences > Kognitive Psychologie mit Schwerp. Kognitives Altern (Kuhlmann 2015-)
Subject: 150 Psychology
Keywords (English): source memory , encoding strategy , imagery , associative memory , cognitive aging
Abstract: Past research has examined the contribution of mediator-based encoding strategies (interactive imagery and sentence generation) to individual (particularly age-related) differences in associative memory exclusively in the paired-associates paradigm. In the present study, we examined young and older adults' mediator-based strategy use on source-monitoring tasks. Participants spontaneously used mediator-based strategies to encode about 30% to 40% of word-source pairs and were able to follow instructions to use the specific mediator-based strategy of interactive imagery; mediator-based strategy use was associated with higher source memory and explained variance in source memory. There were no age-related differences in the patterns of mediator-based strategy production and utilization. Age-related differences in source memory were explained by age-related declines in the ability to bind information in memory (incidental memory for digit-symbol associations) but not by encoding strategy production. Results underscore the importance of assessing encoding strategy use for understanding individual differences in source memory.




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