Making the 'irrelevant' relevant to understand memory and aging
Thursday, February 24, 2011 - 17:32
in Psychology & Sociology
Age alters memory. But in what ways, and why? These questions comprise a vast puzzle for neurologists and psychologists. A new study looked at one puzzle piece: how older and younger adults encode and recall distracting, or irrelevant, information. The results, published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association of Psychological Science, can help scientists better understand memory and aging.