The cognitive control of memory: age differences in the neural correlates of successful remembering and intentional forgetting.

ABSTRACT: Successful memory encoding depends on the ability to intentionally encode relevant information (via differential encoding) and intentionally forget that which is irrelevant (via inhibition). Both cognitive processes have been shown to decline in aging and are theorized to underlie age-related deficits in the cognitive control of memory. The current study uses the Directed Forgetting paradigm in conjunction with fMRI to investigate age-related differences in both cognitive processes, with the specific aim of elucidating neural evidence supporting these theorized deficits. Results indicate relatively preserved differential encoding, with age differences consistent with previous models of age-related compensation (i.e., increased frontal and bilateral recruitment). Older adults did display no

SUBMITTER: Rizio AA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3901730 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature