Aging and situation model processing

The persistence of inferences in memory for younger and older adults: Remembering facts and believing inferences

“…The present results are consistent with findings from the text comprehension and aging literature, which have shown that older adults form text representations similar to those of younger adults (see Radvansky & Dijkstra, 2007, for a recent review). Perhaps most relevant is the finding that there were no age differences associated with the participants' ability to incorporate new information (spatial and temporal information) into their situation model of the text (Radvansky, Copeland, Berish, & Dijkstra, 2003).…”

Age differences in tracking characters during narrative comprehension

“…There is some debate in the literature with respect to whether working memory resources are necessary for situation model processing (e.g., Friedman & Miyake, 2000;Radvansky & Dijkstra, 2007). The present results contribute to this discussion as well.…”

“…Much research has demonstrated that, although agerelated declines in language processing are especially common for propositional (textbase) processes, which are resource demanding (Johnson, 2003;Thornton & Light, 2006), little or no decline is observed in situation model processing (Radvansky & Dijkstra, 2007). Some have argued, then, that aging brings qualitative differences in reading with the construction of a situation model prioritized over the textbase representation (Radvansky et al, 2001;Radvansky & Dijkstra, 2007;Stine-Morrow et al, 2002).…”

“…Some have argued, then, that aging brings qualitative differences in reading with the construction of a situation model prioritized over the textbase representation (Radvansky et al, 2001;Radvansky & Dijkstra, 2007;Stine-Morrow et al, 2002). For example, older adults are typically as good as, or better than, younger adults at updating the spatial situation during narrative comprehension (Morrow, Leirer, Al tieri, & Fitzsimmons, 1994;Stine-Morrow et al, 2002) and at updating a character's emotional and motivational state (Radvansky & Curiel, 1998;Soederberg & Stine, 1995).…”

The components of working memory updating: An experimental decomposition and individual differences.

“…Moreover, it has been suggested that WMU abilities (as opposed to WMC abilities) are relatively preserved in old age (Radvansky & Dijkstra, 2007) but disproportionately affected in schizophrenia (Van Raalten, Ramsey, Jansma, Jager, & Kahn, 2008).…”