Normal cognitive aging

Question 1

Declines with age

Answer 1

Delayed free recall ; without a cue
Source memory ; where/when/how info was learned
Prospective memory ; Remembering to perform intended action

Question 2

Remains stable with age

Answer 2

Recognition memory ; ability to retrieve info with cue
Temporal oder memory’ correct time or sequence of event (last weekend i did this)
Procedural memory; How to do things, like ride a bike

Question 3

Crystallized

Answer 3

Language and skills, general knowledge, does not decline with age. Though visual confrontantion nameing and verbal fluency in language does.

Question 4

Fluid that declines

Answer 4

Processing speed
Attention (complex tasks decline)
Memory (Explicit declines)
Visuospatial (in complex tasks decline)
Executive functions (mixed decline)

Question 5

Memory types

Answer 5

Declerative (expicit) semantic ( practical like meaning of words) and episodic (experiences)
Nondeclarative (implicit) unaware, how to ride bike/tie shoes/sing song etc.