Improvement of age-related memory deficits by differential outcomes

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

E-ISSN: 1741-203x|21|3|503-510

ISSN: 1041-6102

Source: International Psychogeriatrics, Vol.21, Iss.3, 2009-06, pp. : 503-510

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Abstract

Background: The differential outcomes procedure (DOP) has proved useful to improve discrimination learning in both animals and humans. Here we adapted DOP to assess its utility to overcome the memory loss commonly associated with normal aging.