OBJECTIVES: To improve performance with mnemonic techniques for remembering words and proper names. DESIGN: For word recall, a 2 x 2 factorial in which type of pretraining and length of training were between-subjects manipulations. For proper name recall, a two-group design in which type of pretraining was manipulated between subjects. SETTING: Community. PARTICIPANTS: 268 community-dwelling adults over the age of 55 years who wished to improve their memory. MEASUREMENTS: Recall of words and proper names both before and after training in mnemonics. INTERVENTION: Participants received a 2-week training course on two mnemonic techniques, the method of loci for words and a name association technique for proper names. RESULTS: There was no effect of the pretraining manipulation on proper name recall. For word recall, however, a multiple regression that included age indicated that the older-old participants benefited more from a combination of comprehensive pretraining and extended mnemonic training than did the younger-old. CONCLUSIONS: Increased training time coupled with a comprehensive pretraining regimen can improve the performance of the older-old in using mnemonics; this improved performance cannot be attributed solely to enhanced knowledge of the mnemonic.
OBJECTIVES: To improve performance with mnemonic techniques for remembering words and proper names. DESIGN: For word recall, a 2 x 2 factorial in which type of pretraining and length of training were between-subjects manipulations. For proper name recall, a two-group design in which type of pretraining was manipulated between subjects. SETTING: Community. PARTICIPANTS: 268 community-dwelling adults over the age of 55 years who wished to improve their memory. MEASUREMENTS: Recall of words and proper names both before and after training in mnemonics. INTERVENTION: Participants received a 2-week training course on two mnemonic techniques, the method of loci for words and a name association technique for proper names. RESULTS: There was no effect of the pretraining manipulation on proper name recall. For word recall, however, a multiple regression that included age indicated that the older-old participants benefited more from a combination of comprehensive pretraining and extended mnemonic training than did the younger-old. CONCLUSIONS: Increased training time coupled with a comprehensive pretraining regimen can improve the performance of the older-old in using mnemonics; this improved performance cannot be attributed solely to enhanced knowledge of the mnemonic.
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