Abstract

Two experiments were conducted to investigate the effect of aging on both implicit and explicit memory tasks following semantic or peroeptual orienting tasks. In Experiment 1, following study phase, subjects were tested with Cued-Recall (CR) and Wool-Stem Completion(WSC). No age-related differences were found on WSC. However, the older adults performed more poorly on CR than on WSC. In Experiment 2, following study phase, subjects were tested with Wool-Fragment Completion (WFC) and Wool-Stem Completion (WSC). Age-related differences were found on WFC but not on WSC. It was also observed that whereas CR and WFC showed an advantage of semantic orienting condition, WSC did not. These results indicate that some forms of implicit memory decline in the normal Korean old.