Research concerned with relations between adult age and working memory is reviewed,
especially that relevant to the AD Baddeley (1986, 1992; Baddeley & G. Hitch, 1974) model …

The notion that some degree of short-term memory impairment is typically found in healthy
older people has been current for the last 30 years or so. Welford (1958) surveyed the …

In this chapter we will focus on changes in working memory from young to late adulthood.
The construct of working memory has been central in the study of cognitive aging. Even prior …

Research concerned with the interrelations of adult age, working memory, and cognitive
functioning is reviewed. It is proposed that evaluations of the effects of aging on working …

Three studies investigated (a) the plausibility of the claim that increasing the processing
demands in a memory task contributes to greater involvement of a central processor and (b) …

Working memory deficits in normal aging have been well documented, and studies suggest
that high memory load plus the presence of distraction negatively impacts successful …

Two studies, involving a total of 460 adults between 18 and 87 years of age, were conducted
to determine which of several hypothesized processing components was most responsible …

Active and passive measures of short-term memory over a large segment of the adult life
span were compared. Two hundred twenty-eight volunteers, aged 30 to 99 years, performed …

Abstract In a study (N= 61) comparing older (age range= 60–80 years, M= 67) and younger
(age range= 20–33 years, M= 25) people, age deficits were observed in working memory …

The construct of working memory has become a central component of many models of
cognitive functioning, including those developed in the areas of thinking, problem solving …