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environmental support hypothesis  

Definition

  • The hypothesis that older adults fail at various memory tasks because they are thought to have more difficulty than younger adults in initiating information processing on their own. Information from the environment is used to compensate for these difficulties.

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Bibliographic citation(s)

  • • Badham, S. P., Justice, L. V., Jones, L. N., & Myers, J. A. C. (2023). An older adult advantage in autobiographical recall. Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition, 30(4), 555–581. https://doi.org/10.1080/13825585.2022.2063789

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: open]
  • • Craik, F. (2022). Reducing age-related memory deficits: The roles of environmental support and self-initiated processing activities. Experimental Aging Research, 48, 1–27. https://doi.org/10.1080/0361073X.2022.2084660

    [Study type: literature review / Access: closed]
  • • Craik, F. I. M. (1986). A functional account of age differences in memory. In F. Klix & H. Hagendorf (Eds.), Human memory and cognitive capabilities (pp. 409-422). Elsevier.

    [Study type: literature review / Access: closed]

Creator

  • Frank Arnould

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