Different Patterns of Prospective, Retrospective, and Working Memory Decline across Adulthood
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Previous studies have compared young and old adults’ performance on prospective memory tasks but little attention has been given to possible changes in middle-aged participants. This study was designed to compare changes in prospective memory (PM), retrospective memory (RM), and working memory (WM) across adulthood. Eighty-five Brazilian adults were subjected to word-spans, working memory, text recall and prospective verbal tests. Logistic regression analysis showed that decline probability in word-span tests differed in comparison to WM and PM tests, suggesting that difficulties in tasks that require executive functions are already present in both middle-aged adults and older adults, and underscoring the need to include middle-aged adults in the investigation of age-related memory decline.
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