Objective: Assess the impact of aging on recall and
recognition in adulthood.
Edward Nillo
Joyce Hu
Brandon Fuentes
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The graph above shows that after three times the names were repeated,
everyone remembered the names more frequently. However, young
adults consistently recalled the names more frequently than older adults,
In several other studies, the results were similar. Younger adults were
better at recall than older adults.
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How well older people remember depends on a few things. If being
asked to recognize what they have memorized, they have minimal
decline. If asked to recall it without a cue they experienced greater
decline.
If trying to remember nonsense information, then older people make
more mistakes.
If the information is meaningful, older people’s rich web of existing
knowledge will help them to catch it, though they may take longer than
younger adults to produce the words and things they know.