Long-term effectiveness of spaced-retrieval memory training for older adults with probable Alzheimer's disease.

Ten older adults with probable Alzheimer's disease (AD) were trained to recall everyday objects using the spaced-retrieval technique. Five persons had participated in a prior spaced-retrieval program (Cherry & Simmons-D'Gerolamo, 1999, Clinical Gerontologist, 20, 39-63). The authors retested these original participants to measure the long-term effectiveness of spaced-retrieval training.

Prospective remembering in younger and older adults: role of the prospective cue.

In these studies, adult age differences in event-based prospective memory were examined using an adapted version of G.O. Einstein and M.