Table 1.

Sample demographics.

	Younger adults	Older adults
N (female)	52 (32)	124 (75)
Age	23.02 (3.85)	70.35 (5.39)
Education	16.83 (3.13)	17.33 (4.86)
MoCA	NA	28.26 (1.32)
MFQ forgetting	NA	5.12 (0.70)
MFQ seriousness	NA	4.56 (1.31)
Shipley	33.56 (4.50)	37.50 (1.78)
NART	34.88 (6.77)	42.22 (5.04)

Note: Means and standard deviations indicated in parentheses. MFQ forgetting=score on the Memory Functioning Questionnaire Frequency of Forgetting Subscale, averaged for a number of different categories (e.g. appointments, personal dates, names, etc.), where scores range from 1="always presents a problem" to 7="never presents a problem". MFQ seriousness=MFQ Seriousness of Forgetting Subscale, where instances of forgetting are rated in terms of their seriousness, ranging from 1="very serious" to 7="not serious"; MoCA=Montreal Cognitive Assessment (maximum 30; normal cognition ≥26). NART=National Adult Reading Test. Shipley=Vocabulary test, Shipley Institute of Living Scale.