Which type of memory shows a much greater decline with age than others?
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.
Which type of memory shows a much greater decline with age than others types of memory that also decline?
episodic memory new memories of events or facts
Memory and aging
Working memory, which as previously stated is a memory system that stores and manipulates information as we complete cognitive tasks, demonstrates great declines during the aging process. There have been various theories offered to explain why these changes may occur, which include fewer attentional resources, slower speed of processing, less capacity to hold information, and lack of inhibitory control. All of these theories offer strong arguments, and it is likely that the decline in working memory is due to the problems cited in all of these areas.
Which type of memory shows a much greater decline with age than other types that don't change, but less than episodic memory?
working memory
Memory and aging
Memory and aging
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memory%20and%20aging
Working memory
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Working%20memory
Normal aging is associated with a decline in various memory abilities in many cognitive tasks. 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 as well as some types of short-term memory.