Memory specificity is linked to repetition effects in event-related potentials across the lifespan.

ABSTRACT: The specificity with which past experiences can be remembered varies across the lifespan, possibly due to differences in how precisely information is encoded. Memory formation can be investigated through repetition effects, the common finding that neural activity is altered when stimuli are repeated. However, whether differences in this indirect measure of memory formation relate to lifespan differences in memory specificity has not yet been established. In the present study, we examined repetition effects in event-related potentials and their relation to recognition. During incidental encoding, children (aged 7-9 years), young adults (18-30 years), and older adults (65-76 years) viewed repeated object images from different categories. During subsequent recognition, we distinguished memory

SUBMITTER: Sommer VR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7868631 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature