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Ciencias Psicologicas, 2009
... Barbara Carretti. Rossana De Beni. Cesare Cornoldi. Università degli Studi di Padova, Italia.... more ... Barbara Carretti. Rossana De Beni. Cesare Cornoldi. Università degli Studi di Padova, Italia.Valeria Abusamra. Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina. ... Volume 1. Introduzione teorica generale al programma. Le prove criteriali livello A e B. Trento, Erickson. pp. 191. ...
Aging clinical and experimental research, Jan 12, 2015
The ability to remember past events and imagine future events (episodic future thinking-EFT) has ... more The ability to remember past events and imagine future events (episodic future thinking-EFT) has been shown to decline with aging. However, only few studies have analyzed the cognitive mechanisms involved in EFT in both young and older adults. The present study examined the role of working memory and inhibition on age-related differences between young and older adults in EFT, in response to short sentences reflecting common events, some of which were repeated in both conditions (past and future). Thirty-seven young and 36 older adults completed an adapted version of the autobiographical interview, in which sentences were presented. Results showed that processing resources explained a significant part of the variance in the amount of details; in particular, inhibition explained the amount of external details produced in the future condition. In addition, using sentences, the older group did not differ from the young adults in terms of the proportion of internal details recalled in th...
International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 2014
Cognitive flexibility has repeatedly been shown to improve after training programs in community-d... more Cognitive flexibility has repeatedly been shown to improve after training programs in community-dwelling older adults, but few studies have focused on healthy older adults living in other settings. This study investigated the efficacy of self-help training for healthy older adults in a residential care center on memory tasks they practiced (associative and object list learning tasks) and any transfer to other tasks (grocery lists, face-name learning, figure-word pairing, word lists, and text learning). Transfer effects on everyday life (using a problem-solving task) and on participants' beliefs regarding their memory (efficacy and control) were also examined. With the aid of a manual, the training adopted a learner-oriented approach that directly encouraged learners to generalize strategic behavior to new tasks. The maintenance of any training benefits was assessed after 6 months. The study involved 34 residential care center residents (aged 70-99 years old) with no cognitive impairments who were randomly assigned to two programs: the experimental group followed the self-help training program, whereas the active control group was involved in general cognitive stimulation activities. Training benefits emerged in the trained group for the tasks that were practiced. Transfer effects were found in memory and everyday problem-solving tasks and on memory beliefs. The effects of training were generally maintained in both practiced and unpracticed memory tasks. These results demonstrate that learner-oriented self-help training enhances memory performance and memory beliefs, in the short term at least, even in residential care center residents. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Journal of Cognitive Psychology, 2012
... Verduzzo (Friuli Venezia Giulia, Zorzettig): white ... as it is well known among oenology exp... more ... Verduzzo (Friuli Venezia Giulia, Zorzettig): white ... as it is well known among oenology experts that many people are not able to discriminate between red and white wines of the same temperature in blindfolded tests (Cornoldi et al., 20067. Cornoldi, C., De Beni, R., D'Urso, V. and ...
European Journal of Cognitive Psychology, 2007
... 09541440701325990 Chiara Meneghetti a , Rossana De Beni a & Cesare Co... more ... 09541440701325990 Chiara Meneghetti a , Rossana De Beni a & Cesare Cornoldi a * pages 628-649. ... Cognition and Instruction , 5: 269287. [Taylor & Francis Online], [Web of Science ®] View all references; Nolen & Flaladyna, 199029. Nolen, SB and Flaladyna, TM 1990. ...
International Journal of Behavioral Development, 1986
Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 2013
The present study examined the efficacy of a verbal working memory (WM) training program in old-o... more The present study examined the efficacy of a verbal working memory (WM) training program in old-old individuals (over 75 years of age). Thirty-six adults aged 75-87 took part in the study: 18 were randomly assigned to receive training and the remainder served as active controls. Specific training gains in a verbal WM task (criterion task), and transfer effects on measures of visuospatial WM, short-term memory, inhibition, processing speed, and fluid intelligence were examined. The trained old-old adults performed better than the controls in the criterion task, and this benefit persisted after 8 months; they also showed an increase in the efficiency of inhibitory mechanisms at follow-up compared with pretest. The results of this study suggest that the present WM training program produces benefits maintained over time even in old-old adults. These findings confirm that there is still room for plasticity in the basic mechanisms of cognition in advance old age.
Cognitive and Neuropsychological Approaches to Mental Imagery, 1988
American Annals of The Deaf, 1993
In two experiments, we examined deaf and hard of hearing adolescents' memory for prose as com... more In two experiments, we examined deaf and hard of hearing adolescents' memory for prose as compared to that of hearing students. The study focused on the possibility that deaf and hard of hearing readers might make relatively less use of relational information in textual materials. Text structure and material concreteness were manipulated, and memory for relational and distinctive information was
Advances in Learning and Behavioral Disabilities, 2001
Imagination, Cognition and Personality, 2003
ABSTRACT
Advances in Learning and Behavioral Disabilities, 2004
Ciencias Psicologicas, 2009
... Barbara Carretti. Rossana De Beni. Cesare Cornoldi. Università degli Studi di Padova, Italia.... more ... Barbara Carretti. Rossana De Beni. Cesare Cornoldi. Università degli Studi di Padova, Italia.Valeria Abusamra. Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina. ... Volume 1. Introduzione teorica generale al programma. Le prove criteriali livello A e B. Trento, Erickson. pp. 191. ...
Aging clinical and experimental research, Jan 12, 2015
The ability to remember past events and imagine future events (episodic future thinking-EFT) has ... more The ability to remember past events and imagine future events (episodic future thinking-EFT) has been shown to decline with aging. However, only few studies have analyzed the cognitive mechanisms involved in EFT in both young and older adults. The present study examined the role of working memory and inhibition on age-related differences between young and older adults in EFT, in response to short sentences reflecting common events, some of which were repeated in both conditions (past and future). Thirty-seven young and 36 older adults completed an adapted version of the autobiographical interview, in which sentences were presented. Results showed that processing resources explained a significant part of the variance in the amount of details; in particular, inhibition explained the amount of external details produced in the future condition. In addition, using sentences, the older group did not differ from the young adults in terms of the proportion of internal details recalled in th...
International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 2014
Cognitive flexibility has repeatedly been shown to improve after training programs in community-d... more Cognitive flexibility has repeatedly been shown to improve after training programs in community-dwelling older adults, but few studies have focused on healthy older adults living in other settings. This study investigated the efficacy of self-help training for healthy older adults in a residential care center on memory tasks they practiced (associative and object list learning tasks) and any transfer to other tasks (grocery lists, face-name learning, figure-word pairing, word lists, and text learning). Transfer effects on everyday life (using a problem-solving task) and on participants' beliefs regarding their memory (efficacy and control) were also examined. With the aid of a manual, the training adopted a learner-oriented approach that directly encouraged learners to generalize strategic behavior to new tasks. The maintenance of any training benefits was assessed after 6 months. The study involved 34 residential care center residents (aged 70-99 years old) with no cognitive impairments who were randomly assigned to two programs: the experimental group followed the self-help training program, whereas the active control group was involved in general cognitive stimulation activities. Training benefits emerged in the trained group for the tasks that were practiced. Transfer effects were found in memory and everyday problem-solving tasks and on memory beliefs. The effects of training were generally maintained in both practiced and unpracticed memory tasks. These results demonstrate that learner-oriented self-help training enhances memory performance and memory beliefs, in the short term at least, even in residential care center residents. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Journal of Cognitive Psychology, 2012
... Verduzzo (Friuli Venezia Giulia, Zorzettig): white ... as it is well known among oenology exp... more ... Verduzzo (Friuli Venezia Giulia, Zorzettig): white ... as it is well known among oenology experts that many people are not able to discriminate between red and white wines of the same temperature in blindfolded tests (Cornoldi et al., 20067. Cornoldi, C., De Beni, R., D'Urso, V. and ...
European Journal of Cognitive Psychology, 2007
... 09541440701325990 Chiara Meneghetti a , Rossana De Beni a & Cesare Co... more ... 09541440701325990 Chiara Meneghetti a , Rossana De Beni a & Cesare Cornoldi a * pages 628-649. ... Cognition and Instruction , 5: 269287. [Taylor & Francis Online], [Web of Science ®] View all references; Nolen & Flaladyna, 199029. Nolen, SB and Flaladyna, TM 1990. ...
International Journal of Behavioral Development, 1986
Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 2013
The present study examined the efficacy of a verbal working memory (WM) training program in old-o... more The present study examined the efficacy of a verbal working memory (WM) training program in old-old individuals (over 75 years of age). Thirty-six adults aged 75-87 took part in the study: 18 were randomly assigned to receive training and the remainder served as active controls. Specific training gains in a verbal WM task (criterion task), and transfer effects on measures of visuospatial WM, short-term memory, inhibition, processing speed, and fluid intelligence were examined. The trained old-old adults performed better than the controls in the criterion task, and this benefit persisted after 8 months; they also showed an increase in the efficiency of inhibitory mechanisms at follow-up compared with pretest. The results of this study suggest that the present WM training program produces benefits maintained over time even in old-old adults. These findings confirm that there is still room for plasticity in the basic mechanisms of cognition in advance old age.
Cognitive and Neuropsychological Approaches to Mental Imagery, 1988
American Annals of The Deaf, 1993
In two experiments, we examined deaf and hard of hearing adolescents' memory for prose as com... more In two experiments, we examined deaf and hard of hearing adolescents' memory for prose as compared to that of hearing students. The study focused on the possibility that deaf and hard of hearing readers might make relatively less use of relational information in textual materials. Text structure and material concreteness were manipulated, and memory for relational and distinctive information was
Advances in Learning and Behavioral Disabilities, 2001
Imagination, Cognition and Personality, 2003
ABSTRACT
Advances in Learning and Behavioral Disabilities, 2004