episodic memory shows a much greater decline with age than other types that don't change, but less than episodic memory.
which type of memory shows a much greater decline with age than other types that don't change, but less than episodic memory?
episodic memory
normal aging is associated with a decline in various memory abilities in many cognitive tasks; the phenomenon is known as age-related memory impairment (ami) or age-associated memory impairment (aami). the ability to encode new memories of events or facts and working memory shows decline in both cross-sectional and longitudinal studies. studies comparing the effects of aging on episodic memory, semantic memory, short-term memory and priming find that episodic memory is especially impaired in normal aging; some types of short-term memory are also impaired. the deficits may be related to impairments seen in the ability to refresh recently processed information.
memory and aging
piolino, desgranges, benali, and eustache (2002) investigated age effects on autobiographical memory using an autobiographical questionnaire that distinguished between the recall of semantic and episodic memory. they proposed a transition from episodic to semantic memory in autobiographical memory recollection with increased age. using four groups of adults aged 40–79, piolino and colleagues found evidence for a greater decline in episodic memories with longer retention intervals and a more substantial age-related decline in recall of episodic memory than semantic memory. they also found support for the three components of autobiographical memory, as modeled by david rubin and colleagues.
autobiographical memory