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Research on recognition memory using the process dissociation procedure has suggested that although recollection (R) declines with age, familiarity (F) remains age invariant. However, this research has used relatively broad definitions of R. An important question concerns age-related changes in memory when R is defined in terms of specific event details. Yonelinas and Jacoby (1996a) required young participants to recollect specific, criterial details of a prior event and found evidence that recollection of noncriterial details elevated estimates of F yet still operated automatically. In the present study, the issue of noncriterial recollection was examined in the context of aging. The results replicated the effects of noncriterial recollection for the young, but not for the older adults, who also showed overall reduced levels of familiarity.
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This research was presented in April 2000 at the 8th Cognitive Aging Conference in Atlanta and was supported by a traineeship awarded to C.M.P. by the National Institute of Aging (T32 AG0175).
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Toth, J.P., Parks, C.M. Effects of age on estimated familiarity in the process dissociation procedure: The role of noncriterial recollection. Memory & Cognition 34, 527–537 (2006). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03193576
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