@article{31780917ce034dddbe984bf7793aecc6,
title = "Adult age differences in the use of story structure in delayed free recall",
abstract = "Thirty-six young adults (M age = 24.3 years) and 36 old adults (M age = 71.8 years) listened to four double-episode stories having either standard, interleaved, or scrambled structure. Two days later they were asked to recall the stories. Analysis of the mean number of nodes recalled revealed no age differences in the recall of standard and scrambled stories with both groups recalling the standard stories equally well and the scrambled stories equally poorly. However, for interleaved stories, young adults followed their pattern of recall for standard stories while old adults followed their pattern for scrambled stories. Also, the age groups differed in their pattern of additions and distortions, with old adults giving more for standard stories and young adults giving more for scrambled stories. Results appear to support models of age-related differences in memory processes and/or strategies when material must be reorganized or hierarchized. Possible metacognidve differences were also discussed; i.e., old adults may aim to tell the story interestingly, while young adults aim to tell it accurately.",
author = "Smith, {Sara W.} and Rebok, {George W.} and Smith, {William Ray} and Hall, {Susan E.} and Mary Alvin",
note = "Funding Information: 'The preparation of this paper was supported in pan by research funds granted to Sara W. Smith and George W. Rebok by the California State University, Long Beach. We wish to express our appreciation to Claudia Higginson Daily for serving as a rater for scoring protocols, to Patricia Worden and Arthur Graesser and anonymous reviewers for useful comments on earlier drafts, and to Annette Gilbert for word processing. An earlier version of this paper was presented at the meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, November. 1979. Correspondence should be sent to Sara W. Smith, Department of Psychology. California State University, Long Beach. Long Beach, CA 90840. zFrom Department of Psychology, California State University, Long Beach, Long Beach. CA 90840, U.S.A. 'From the Department of Psychology, State University of New York, Geneseo. Genesco, NY 14454, U.S.A. 'From Department of Psychology, California State University, Fullerton, Fullerton. CA 92634, U.S.A. 'From Department of Psychology, University of Illinios. Chicago, IL 60680. U.S.A. 'From American Language Institute, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90007. U.S.A. {"}Beech Hill Enterprizes. Inc.. 1983. Copyright: Copyright 2016 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.",
year = "1983",
doi = "10.1080/03610738308258451",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "9",
pages = "191--195",
journal = "Experimental Aging Research",
issn = "0361-073X",
publisher = "Taylor and Francis Ltd.",
number = "3",
}