TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1998//
TI  - The attentional demands of encoding and retrieval in younger and older adults: 1. Evidence from divided attention costs
JO  - Psychology and aging
A1  - Anderson, N. D.
A1  - Craik, Fergus I. M.
A1  - Naveh-Benjamin, Moshe
SP  - 405
EP  - 423
VL  - 13
IS  - 3
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0882-7974
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -