Temporal and contextual binding in episodic memory in younger and older adults.

Episodic memory (EM) is a subsystem responsible for storing and recalling information about the basic elements of an event in a binding manner. Some approaches consider the temporal element to be one of the basic components of EM ( paradigm), while others consider that the contextual component is able in practice to better represent this cognitive ability ( paradigm). The relationship of both paradigms simultaneously with other instruments for measuring EM has not been investigated in healthy older adults.

Long-term memory of haptic and visual information in older adults.

The present study examined haptic and visual memory capacity for familiar objects through the application of an intentional free-recall task with three-time intervals in a sample of 78 healthy older adults without cognitive impairment. A wooden box and a turntable were used for the presentation of haptic and visual stimuli, respectively. The procedure consisted of two phases, a study phase that consisted of the presentation of stimuli, and a test phase (free-recall task) performed after one hour, one day or one week.

Load effect on what-where-when memory in younger and older adults.

Episodic memory (EM) is a subsystem responsible for storing and evoking information about the "What", "Where" and "When" elements of an event in an integrated way. This capacity depends of structures with hippocampus and prefrontal cortex. The effect of aging on some capacities mediated by these areas, such as the influence of the number of objects on the coding of EM, remains unexplored.