Encoding of everyday objects in older adults: Episodic memory assessment in virtual reality.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Age-related decline in episodic memory performance in otherwise healthy older adults is indisputably evident. Yet, it has been shown that under certain conditions episodic memory performance in healthy older adults' barely deviates from those seen in young adults. Here we report on the quality of object encoding in an ecologically valid, virtual-reality based memory assessment in a sample of healthy older and younger adults with comparable memory performance.

Methods

We analyzed encoding by establishing both a serial and semantic clustering index and an object memory association network.

Results

As expected, semantic clustering was superior in older adults without need for additional allocation of executive resources whereas young adults tended more to re

SUBMITTER: Pflueger MO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10040840 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature