Document Type
Article
Publication Title
Brain Sciences
Department
Psychology
ISSN
20763425
Volume
12
Issue
4
DOI
10.3390/brainsci12040465
First Page
1
Last Page
26
Publication Date
3-30-2022
Abstract
A common approach to cognitive intervention for adults is memory strategy training, but limited work of this type has examined intervention effects in relation to self‐regulation (e.g., strategy usage, memory beliefs) and few have established near transfer (training‐related performance gain on untrained tasks related to the target task). The present research, Everyday Memory Clinic— Revised (EMC‐R), examined whether relatively brief face‐name association training, offering elements focused on self‐regulation, can improve name recall, enhance memory self‐regulation, and lead to near transfer. Participants were 122 healthy, well‐educated middle‐aged and older adults (51–90 years old) randomly assigned to a strategy training program (SO), a comparable program with a theoretical self‐regulatory boost (SB), or a waitlist control group. Compared to the waitlist group, both groups of trainees demonstrated higher pretest‐posttest improvements in name recall (target task), memory self‐efficacy, and effective strategy use, as well as the near transfer of gains to nontrained associative tasks, a rare finding in strategy training research. Furthermore, changes in memory self‐efficacy and strategy use fully mediated the effect of training on name recall. This innovative approach for brief memory intervention offers a model for successful training that can be easily disseminated via community centers and lifelong learning programs.
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Recommended Citation
Strickland‐Hughes, Carla M. and West, Robin L., "Brief Strategy Training in Aging: Near Transfer Effects and Mediation of Gains by Improved Self‐Regulation" (2022). Pacific Faculty Work. 215.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/all-faculty/215
