The Impact of Episodic Memory on Decision-Making in Aging: Scenarios from Everyday Life Situations.

ABSTRACT: Background: Decision-making is a highly complex process that depends on numerous cognitive functions, such as episodic memory. It is also influenced by aging. However, how changes in episodic memory with age contribute to changes in decision-making is not clear yet. Objective: This work aimed to examine the role of two memory processes, recollection and familiarity, in decision-making in ageing. Method: Thirty young adults and 30 older adults performed two episodic memory tasks: recognition, which allowed for the measurement of recollection and familiarity, and recall, which allowed for the measurement of recollection. In both tasks, they first viewed a series of pictures and then were asked to recognise or recall them respectively. They also performed an original scen

SUBMITTER: Gaubert F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11506795 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature