Fig. 2.

Stimuli and results of the memory tasks. A: illustration of the spatial paired-associate learning task used to assess explicit memory. During the learning phase (left) masks at each target location are removed one at a time, revealing either an empty square or one of the memory stimuli (right). During the test phase (center) the memory stimuli are presented one at a time at the central home position and the participant selects the target location he/she remembers being associated with the stimulus. B: average accuracy and reaction time (RT) in the spatial paired-associate memory task. C: average facilitation scores on the word priming (implicit memory) task for younger and older adults. In B and C error bars represent ±1 SE.