PSYC33H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Episodic Memory, Spaced Repetition, Free Recall
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Lecture 3: memory intervention programs for older adults. Memory and aging program (map) older adults with normal cognition. Learning the ropes: memory intervention program for mci (ltr) older adults with mci. Older adults with dementia currently, no good programs. Below demonstrates memory processes of young vs. older. Ad persons: during the acquisition phase, they don"t learn at all (flat learning curve) [refer to diagrams above] large atrophy present in hippocampus. [refer to graphs above] only some areas decline with aging such as the hippocampus and. Retrieval and episodic memory is poor in older adults. Internal strategies: spaced retrieval, semantic encoding, attentional strategies, method of vanishing cues. Formulate program goals: client-centered, specific (what do you want to achieve?, measurable. Memory complaints: names of people around age 30, there is even more of a decline, important dates/appointments episodic memory, locations of household items, recent and past events, medication (forgetting) What memory is and how it changes with age.
