Table 4.
Experiment 3: Means and standard errors of hits and false alarm rates.
| Children | Young adults | Middle-aged adults | Young-old adults | Old-old adults | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Immediate | Delayed | Immediate | Delayed | Immediate | Delayed | Immediate | Delayed | Immediate | Delayed | ||||||||||||
| M | SE | M | SE | M | SE | M | SE | M | SE | M | SE | M | SE | M | SE | M | SE | M | SE | ||
| REMEMBER | |||||||||||||||||||||
| HIT | |||||||||||||||||||||
| LF | 0.59 | 0.03 | 0.43 | 0.04 | 0.66 | 0.03 | 0.50 | 0.03 | 0.64 | 0.02 | 0.45 | 0.03 | 0.57 | 0.04 | 0.39 | 0.03 | 0.56 | 0.04 | 0.47 | 0.04 | |
| HF | 0.38 | 0.02 | 0.23 | 0.03 | 0.45 | 0.03 | 0.32 | 0.03 | 0.38 | 0.03 | 0.26 | 0.03 | 0.36 | 0.03 | 0.24 | 0.03 | 0.40 | 0.04 | 0.35 | 0.04 | |
| FA | |||||||||||||||||||||
| LF | 0.04 | 0.01 | 0.05 | 0.01 | 0.05 | 0.01 | 0.06 | 0.01 | 0.04 | 0.01 | 0.09 | 0.02 | 0.07 | 0.01 | 0.11 | 0.02 | 0.10 | 0.02 | 0.17 | 0.03 | |
| HF | 0.08 | 0.02 | 0.07 | 0.02 | 0.11 | 0.02 | 0.13 | 0.02 | 0.10 | 0.02 | 0.14 | 0.02 | 0.09 | 0.02 | 0.12 | 0.02 | 0.13 | 0.03 | 0.23 | 0.04 | |
| KNOW | |||||||||||||||||||||
| HIT | |||||||||||||||||||||
| LF | 0.12 | 0.02 | 0.16 | 0.02 | 0.11 | 0.02 | 0.11 | 0.02 | 0.08 | 0.01 | 0.14 | 0.02 | 0.06 | 0.01 | 0.10 | 0.02 | 0.07 | 0.01 | 0.10 | 0.02 | |
| HF | 0.15 | 0.02 | 0.19 | 0.02 | 0.14 | 0.02 | 0.17 | 0.02 | 0.14 | 0.02 | 0.19 | 0.03 | 0.10 | 0.02 | 0.16 | 0.03 | 0.13 | 0.02 | 0.14 | 0.02 | |
| FA | |||||||||||||||||||||
| LF | 0.05 | 0.01 | 0.06 | 0.01 | 0.04 | 0.01 | 0.05 | 0.01 | 0.05 | 0.01 | 0.07 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.07 | 0.02 | 0.05 | 0.01 | 0.10 | 0.02 | |
| HF | 0.07 | 0.01 | 0.12 | 0.02 | 0.11 | 0.02 | 0.13 | 0.02 | 0.10 | 0.02 | 0.14 | 0.02 | 0.08 | 0.02 | 0.14 | 0.03 | 0.09 | 0.02 | 0.12 | 0.02 | |
| GUESS | |||||||||||||||||||||
| HIT | |||||||||||||||||||||
| LF | 0.04 | 0.01 | 0.05 | 0.01 | 0.05 | 0.01 | 0.06 | 0.01 | 0.04 | 0.01 | 0.05 | 0.01 | 0.06 | 0.01 | 0.07 | 0.02 | 0.06 | 0.01 | 0.06 | 0.02 | |
| HF | 0.07 | 0.02 | 0.09 | 0.02 | 0.10 | 0.02 | 0.11 | 0.02 | 0.09 | 0.01 | 0.09 | 0.02 | 0.09 | 0.02 | 0.11 | 0.02 | 0.09 | 0.02 | 0.08 | 0.02 | |
| FA | |||||||||||||||||||||
| LF | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.04 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.04 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.06 | 0.01 | 0.04 | 0.01 | 0.05 | 0.01 | |
| HF | 0.06 | 0.01 | 0.07 | 0.02 | 0.06 | 0.01 | 0.09 | 0.01 | 0.07 | 0.01 | 0.08 | 0.01 | 0.09 | 0.02 | 0.11 | 0.02 | 0.07 | 0.02 | 0.07 | 0.01 | |
| TOTAL | |||||||||||||||||||||
| HIT | |||||||||||||||||||||
| LF | 0.75 | 0.02 | 0.64 | 0.03 | 0.82 | 0.02 | 0.67 | 0.02 | 0.76 | 0.02 | 0.65 | 0.02 | 0.69 | 0.03 | 0.56 | 0.03 | 0.68 | 0.04 | 0.63 | 0.04 | |
| HF | 0.59 | 0.03 | 0.51 | 0.03 | 0.69 | 0.03 | 0.60 | 0.03 | 0.61 | 0.03 | 0.54 | 0.03 | 0.56 | 0.04 | 0.51 | 0.03 | 0.61 | 0.04 | 0.57 | 0.04 | |
| FA | |||||||||||||||||||||
| LF | 0.11 | 0.02 | 0.13 | 0.01 | 0.11 | 0.01 | 0.16 | 0.02 | 0.12 | 0.02 | 0.21 | 0.02 | 0.14 | 0.02 | 0.24 | 0.03 | 0.19 | 0.03 | 0.32 | 0.03 | |
| HF | 0.21 | 0.03 | 0.25 | 0.03 | 0.27 | 0.03 | 0.35 | 0.04 | 0.26 | 0.03 | 0.36 | 0.03 | 0.26 | 0.03 | 0.38 | 0.04 | 0.29 | 0.04 | 0.42 | 0.04 | |
M, mean; SE, standard errors; FA, false alarms; LF, low-frequency words; and HF, high-frequency words.