The Role of Schematic Support and Emotional Valence in the Aging-Related Deficit in Associative Memory

When recalling angry and happy faces paired with occupations or names, older and younger adults show greater accuracy in remembering occupations over names. However, there is a schematic boost present when remembering happy faces presented with an occupation, F(1,52)= 12.034, p=.001, that is not present in the other face pairings.