Cognitive aging is often described in the context of loss or decline. Emerging research
suggests that the story is more complex, with older adults showing both losses and gains in …

Age-related cognitive changes often include difficulties in retrieving memories, particularly
those that rely on personal experiences within their temporal and spatial contexts (ie …

Focusing primarily on functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), this article reviews
evidence regarding the roles of subregions of the medial temporal lobes, prefrontal cortex …

False memories have been studied by cognitive psychologists for decades, dating at least to
the pioneering studies of Bartlett (1932). False memories are important theoretically …

As we age we become increasingly susceptible to memory distortions and inaccuracies.
Over the past decade numerous neuroimaging studies have attempted to illuminate the …

Over the years, a large body of literature has shown that humans display losses in memory
with age, but that not all types of memory are affected equally. Similarly, recent evidence …

Three experiments examined the recognition performance of older (60–75 yrs) and younger
(17–25 yrs) adults for detailed colored pictures of objects as a function of whether the targets …

This article describes changes in memory during the normal aging process from the
standpoint of cognitive psychology. There is now a great deal of evidence to show that …

We provide a comprehensive review describing research on the qualitative representational
nature of older adults' episodic memories. Our review considers several broad theoretical …

Older adults have a harder time than younger adults remembering specific events and
experiences (episodic memory), whereas the ability to use one's general knowledge either …