{"618520":{"#nid":"618520","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Aging and Memory: Attentional Resources and Cognitive Control","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESchool of Psychology \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EOptimal Aging Series\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDr. Fergus I.M. Craik\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nRotman Research Institute\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cem\u003EProfessor Emeritus\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cem\u003EUniversity of Toronto\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThis talk will examine the proposition that age-related memory problems are largely attributable to declines in attentional resources and executive control. It\u0026nbsp;will illustrate the arguments with experimental results from Fergus Craik\u0026#39;s\u0026nbsp;lab.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe questions discussed will include the notions\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003Ethat division of attention in young adults mimics the effects of aging on memory,\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003Ethat such effects are largely at encoding, and\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003Ethat divided attention has surprisingly little effect on retrieval despite the fact that retrieval processes are resource-demanding, especially in older adults.\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOther topics will consider\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003Eage differences in working memory and how such differences may vary with task demands and\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003Eage-related problems with self-initiation and with retrieval of highly specific information\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003Eto what extent retrieval difficulties in older adults are reflective of problems of executive control\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003Ehow do reductions in encoding efficiency affect later implicit and explicit retrieval, and\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003Eare \u0026lsquo;attentional resources\u0026rsquo; and \u0026lsquo;cognitive control\u0026rsquo; simply two labels for the same concept?\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EReception to follow\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe lecture examines the proposition that age-related memory problems are largely attributable to declines in attentional resources and executive control.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"School of Psychology Colloquium featuring Dr. Fergus I.M. Craik"}],"uid":"34384","created_gmt":"2019-02-27 14:46:15","changed_gmt":"2019-03-20 13:59:05","author":"lwhite35","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2019-03-25T16:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2019-03-25T17:30:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2019-03-25T17:30:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2019-03-25 20:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2019-03-25 21:30:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2019-03-25 21:30:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":["free_food"],"hg_media":{"618519":{"id":"618519","type":"image","title":"Fergus I.M. Craik","body":null,"created":"1551278698","gmt_created":"2019-02-27 14:44:58","changed":"1551278728","gmt_changed":"2019-02-27 14:45:28","alt":"","file":{"fid":"235434","name":"Fergus I M Craik 03-25.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Fergus%20I%20M%20Craik%2003-25_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Fergus%20I%20M%20Craik%2003-25_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":14467,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Fergus%20I%20M%20Craik%2003-25_0.jpg?itok=aSWLfuq4"}}},"media_ids":["618519"],"groups":[{"id":"443951","name":"School of Psychology"},{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"1222","name":"psychology"},{"id":"167710","name":"School of Psychology"},{"id":"176","name":"aging"},{"id":"10346","name":"cognitive aging"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"177814","name":"Postdoc"},{"id":"174045","name":"Graduate students"},{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EChris Hertzog, \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:christopher.hertzog@psych.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Echristopher.hertzog@psych.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}