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October 12, 2025

Older Adults are Impaired by Distractors Presented During Working Memory Encoding

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CCCarlos Daniel CarrascoUniversity of Nevada, Reno KJKevin T. JonesUniversity of Nevada, Reno MBMarian E. BerryhillUniversity of Nevada, Reno

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Behavioral experiments demonstrate that distraction during encoding impairs working memory in older adults, suggesting cognitive challenges as they age.

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Older adults show decreased working memory performance when faced with distractors during encoding, leading to significant impairments.
Experiments revealed low-salience distractors during encoding resulted in robust decrements in accuracy and increased reaction times for older adults.
The research indicates that older adults are particularly vulnerable to distractions during memory encoding rather than during maintenance phases.
These findings suggest the need for strategies to improve cognitive resilience in older adults dealing with distracting environments.

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Carrasco et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68ebe3d6becc64ad52fdaf7e https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/yjxen_v3

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Behavioral experiments demonstrate that distraction during encoding impairs working memory in older adults, suggesting cognitive challenges as they age.

Older Adults are Impaired by Distractors Presented During Working Memory Encoding

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Older Adults are Impaired by Distractors Presented During Working Memory Encoding

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