AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MEMORY ACROSS THE ADULT LIFESPAN

自传体记忆的分布是由一个三 组件模型 第一个分量是由下式导出的保留函数： 保留的实验室研究。 第二个组成部分是童年 记忆功能，用于说明缺少来自 生命的最初几年。 第三部分是回忆功能 这只在年长的成年人中起着明显的作用。 现有证据表明， 这三个组成部分。 为了进一步完善和测试 在此三组分模型的基础上，进行了一系列的实验， 语言和嗅觉刺激被用来促进自传体记忆。 数据来自18岁和70奥尔兹的健康人群，18岁和70岁的个体 奥尔兹和个别养老院居民将进行分析。 除了 增加我们对人类记忆的理解，以及它如何随着年龄的增长而变化， 研究将提供规范性数据， 可以评估总体健康状况和特定记忆相关疾病。

The distribution of autobiographical memory is described by a three component model. The first component is a retention function derived from laboratory studies of retention. The second component is a childhood memory function which is used to account for the lack of memories from the earliest years of life. The third component is a reminiscence function which plays a noticeable role only in older adutls. Existing evidence for these three components is presented. In order to further refine and test this three component model, a series of experiments is presented in which verbal and olfactory stimuli are used to prompt autobiographical memories. Data from groups of healthy 18 and 70 year olds, individual 18 and 70 year olds, and individual nursing home residents will be analyzed. Besides increasing our understanding of human memory and how it changes with age, the research will provide normative data against which changes due to general health and specific memory related disorders can be evaluated.