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ArticleNeuropsychology, development, and cognition. Section B, Aging, neuropsychology and cognition2025

Serial and strategic memory processes in younger and older adults.

Dillon H Murphy, Alan D Castel

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Article in Neuropsychology, development, and cognition. Section B, Aging, neuropsychology and cognition, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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  1. Strategic value-directed remembering in younger and older adults.Neuropsychology, development, and cognition. Section B, Aging, neuropsychology and cognition · 2025
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  2. Serial and strategic memory processes in younger and older adults.Neuropsychology, development, and cognition. Section B, Aging, neuropsychology and cognition · 2025
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Dillon H MurphyDepartment of Psychology, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5604-3494
Alan D CastelDepartment of Psychology, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1965-8227

Funding

Goals and Motivation to Remember Important Information in Old AgeR01AG044335 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI CASTEL, ALAN D · 2013 to 2025
$2.1M
NIA NIH HHS R01 AG044335
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We investigated age-related differences in serial and strategic processing during the encoding and retrieval of high-value words. Younger and older adults were presented with word triads positioned left, center, and right, with one word being more valuable than the others. In Experiment 1, younger adults more effectively recalled the middle, high-value word, demonstrating enhanced strategic memory. Younger adults were more likely to initiate recall with a high-value word whereas older adults were equally likely to initiate recall with a left and high-value word. Additionally, older adults were more likely to recall words in their presented order while younger adults strategically recalled successive high-value words. However, both age groups demonstrated strategic processing in Experiments 2 and 3, even without prior knowledge of the high-value word's location. Thus, serial and strategic processing may differ based on age and task demands, but strategic processing is preserved in older adults in certain contexts.

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AgingMental RecallSerial LearningAdolescentAdultAgedAged, 80 and overAge FactorsFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedYoung AdultagingMemoryselectivityserial processingstrategic processing

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PMID38909315
PMCPMC11664019

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