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- Title
The effects of age and experience on memory for visually presented music.
- Authors
Meinz EJ; Salthouse TA
- Abstract
Increased age is often associated with lower levels of performance in tests of memory for spatial information. The primary question in the current study was whether this relationship could be moderated as a function of one's relevant experience and/or knowledge. Stimulus materials consisted of short (7-11 note), visually presented musical melodies and structurally equivalent nonmusical stimuli. Participants (N = 128) were recruited from a wide range of age and experience levels. Although there were strong main effects of age and experience on memory for music, there was no evidence that the age-related differences in memory for these stimuli were smaller for individuals with moderate to large amounts of experience with music.
- Subjects
OLDER people; MUSIC memorizing
- Publication
Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences & Social Sciences, 1998, Vol 53B, Issue 1, pP60
- ISSN
1079-5014
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1093/geronb/53b.1.p60