@article{ref1,
title="The attentional demands of encoding and retrieval in younger and older adults: 1. Evidence from divided attention costs",
journal="Psychology and aging",
year="1998",
author="Anderson, N. D. and Craik, Fergus I. M. and Naveh-Benjamin, Moshe",
volume="13",
number="3",
pages="405-423",
abstract="Four studies examined the effects of divided attention in younger and older adults. Attention was divided at encoding or retrieval in free recall (Experiment 1), cued recall (Experiments 2 and 3), and recognition (Experiment 4). Dividing attention at encoding disrupted memory performance equally for the two age groups; by contrast, for both age groups, dividing attention at retrieval had little or no effect on memory performance. Secondary task reaction times (RTs) were slowed to a greater extent for the older adults than for the younger adults, especially at retrieval. Age-related differences in RT costs at retrieval were largest in free recall, smaller in cued recall, and smallest in recognition. These results provide evidence for an age-related increase in the attentional demands of encoding and retrieval.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0882-7974",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}