Drawing as an encoding tool enhances associative memory in younger but not but not as readily in older adults : 22nd conference of the European Society for Cognitive Psychology, Lille, France, 2022
- Ovalle-Fresa, Rebecca ORCID UniDistance Suisse
- Martarelli, Corinna S. (Contributor) ORCID UniDistance Suisse
- 2022
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Drawing evokes imagery processes and has been shown to reliably benefit memory of single items. We here investigated if drawing during encoding also benefits associative memory in younger and older adults. We conducted two experiments to test item- and associative recognition-memory in the two age groups, assessing memory immediately after encoding and after one week. Encoding tasks were to draw an image integrating both words of a presented pair and to repeatedly write the words of each pair. Younger adults benefited from drawing during encoding in item and associative memory whilst older adults benefited in item but not in associative memory. The pattern of results was similar when measured immediately after encoding and after one week. Drawing thus provides an efficient encoding tool for associative memory in younger adults and bears the potential to gain further insights on underlying mechanisms and strategy use in associative memory of older adults.
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