Document Type

Book Chapter

Publication Date

4-25-2025

Keywords

Aging, episodic memory, memory functioning, older adulthood, recall, working memory

Disciplines

Developmental Psychology

Abstract

Scientists who study aging usually define older adulthood as beginning at around age 65. Older adults show many differences in memory functioning compared to young adults, and these differences get progressively larger throughout older adulthood. Although many older adults are afraid of developing Alzheimer’s disease, the vast majority will not; only 7% of people age 90 or older develop this disease. With normal aging, memory systems show a complex pattern of changes: many types of memory decline, but a few show stability and even improvements.

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