Study of Memory and Age: Comparing Recall Abilities in Young Age and Middle Age persons through Video Stimuli

Abstract

Introduction and Objective: Understanding the human mind has always been a very complex process. Memory can be vague or misty at times, crumbling has a role in forgetfulness. ‘As individuals grow older, there is a common perception of declining memory abilities. This study quest to explore the effects of age on memory encoding, storage, and retrieval processes. The literature on memory and aging suggests that there are age-related declines in memory functioning, although not all studies have found consistent results. In one study by Lalitha & Jamuna (2015) “The research on memory and aging indicates that there are differences in memory functioning between younger and older individuals. Numerous studies have indicated that memory processing may be a potential source of age differences in memory functioning.” The present study aims to understand the relationship between age and memory using video clips as stimuli. Specifically, the study focused on Young age and Middle age persons. Methodology: In this study, total sample size is Forty(N=40), age group between 20-55 years. For this study, participants were enlisted from the focused age groups and ascribed to the 20-25 years group and the 50-55 years from both the gender (males and females). Tools used: Video clip, Questionnaire based on the video. Results: The results of the research are discussed in the paper. Conclusion: Memory of Young age person is better than the Middle age person. Young age person has the quality of factors Add-on than the middle age. Deletion of information is more in Young age person than the middle age person.