DISTINCTIVENESS-BASED ENCODING REDUCES AGE DIFFERENCES IN HIGH-CONFIDENCE RECOGNITION MEMORY ERRORS

Older adults produce more high-confidence recognition memory errors in episodic memory tasks. We studied how distinctive encoding enhances the retrieval-monitoring accuracy in older adults (OA) and younger adults (YA). Individuals viewed words consisting of four randomly selected exemplars (e.g., SALMON, BASS, PERCH, SHARK) from a taxonomic category (e.g., FISH), one being designated as the to-be-remembered target. Participants experienced one...