. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Oct 19.

Published in final edited form as: Neuropsychol Dev Cogn B Aging Neuropsychol Cogn. 2009 Oct 28;17(3):329–359. doi: 10.1080/13825580903287941

Table 8.

Experiment 2 Pre-study and Post-study Recall Test Performance.

Test/Level	Younger-30	Younger-60	Older

	M (SE)	M (SE)	M (SE)
Pre-study Test
Easy	.86 (.02)	.87 (.02)	.68 (.04)
Medium	.05 (.01)	.04 (.01)	.02 (.01)
Difficult	0	0	0
Post-study Test
Easy	.95 (.01)	.97 (.01)	.82 (.03)
Medium	.50 (.04)	.45 (.04)	.27 (.04)
Difficult	.16 (.04)	.12 (.04)	.04 (.01)

Note. Table values are means and standard errors for participants’ pre-study and post-study recall performance as a function of difficulty level; Easy = normatively easy items; Medium = normatively moderately difficult items; Difficult = normatively difficulty items; Younger-30= younger adults in the 30 s group; Younger-60= younger adults in the 60 s group.