Gender differences in episodic memory

Individual Differences in Memory 1 Individual Differences in Episodic Memory

Episodic memory versus episodic foresight: Similarities and differences.

There are logical and empirical grounds that link episodic memory and the ability to imagine future events. In some sense, both episodic memory and episodic foresight may be regarded as two sides of the same capacity to travel mentally in time. After reviewing some of the recent evidence for commonalities, I discuss limits of these parallels. There are fundamental differences between thinking a...

Episodic Memory Bias in People with and without General Health

Introduction: Health investigations require a wide and continuous range of studies over physical and moral aspects of humans. Health is feeding good and not being sick. Many factors affect the sustainability of health; one of the important factors is cognitive (memory) factors since  episodic memory plays on important role in recording a person’s personal experience related to time and place. M...

Frequent cognitive activity compensates for education differences in episodic memory.

OBJECTIVES To test the hypothesis that frequent participation in cognitive activities can moderate the effects of limited education on cognitive functioning. DESIGN A national study of adult development and aging, Midlife in the United States, with assessments conducted at the second wave of measurement in 2004-2006. SETTING Assessments were made over the telephone (cognitive measures) and ...

Sex differences in episodic memory: minimal influence of estradiol.

Sex differences exist for several cognitive tasks and estrogen has been suggested to influence these differences. Eighteen men and 18 women were matched on age and estradiol level. Potential sex differences were assessed in episodic memory, semantic memory, verbal fluency, problem solving, and visuospatial ability. Significant sex differences, favoring women, were found for tasks assessing epis...