Lexical priming deficits as a function of age. |
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Authors: | Davis, Hasker P. Cohen, Alisa Gandy, Michele Colombo, Paul VanDusseldorp, Gene Simolke, Neil Romano, Jane |
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Abstract: | The effects of age on implicit memory were assessed in elderly and young adults using 2 priming procedures. Subjects also completed the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale—Revised (WAIS—R), 3 tests to assess frontal lobe function, and 2 recall and 2 recognition tests of explicit memory. In Experiment 1, subjects were exposed to the low-frequency member of a homophone pair in a test purported to assess general knowledge. Subsequently, subjects completed a spelling test that contained the previously presented homophones to assess priming. Young subjects demonstrated priming (p?p?p? |
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