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Improving the Mind with a Hop, Skip, and a Jump
Jing Chen
Christopher A. Kurby
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Part 1: What changes?
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“Oh, getting old isn’t so bad, except for maybe a little forgetfulness.”
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• Memory complaints are common among older adults (Galvin, 2005).
• Memory complaints is a major issue that are reported by those entering medical clinics for help (Galvin, 2005).
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Age and Episodic Memory
Memory for lists of words
Memory for stories that were just read
Memory for pairs of words
Memory for map directions
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Why are there declines in memory with age?
• Reduced processing speed (Salthouse, 1996)
– How quickly you can solve a problem, or make simple judgments.
• Older adults have worse sensory functioning
• ****Less physical fitness *****
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Resnick et al., 2003
Different regions show different among of age-related changes
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Resnick et al., 2003 – Loss of gray matters
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Raz, et al., 2005
A 5-year study of healthy older adults (mean age 63.79)
Learning
Thinking
Memory
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Thinking
Learning
Memory
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Implicit Memory - Semantic Priming
• Target word: Nurse
– Unrelated: Butter
– Related: Doctor
Data from Hutchison et al (2008)
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Positive
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Negative
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Neutral
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Charles, Mather & Carstensen (2003)
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Mather et al. (2004)
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Stereotypes and Aging
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Can we improve memory, thinking, and even the brain itself?