Mnemotecnia de la palabra clave con dibujos y juicios metamnemónicos de personas mayores

  1. Campos García, Alfredo
  2. Ameijide Estévez, Leticia
Journal:
Revista iberoamericana de psicología y salud

ISSN: 2171-2069

Year of publication: 2014

Volume: 5

Issue: 1

Pages: 23-38

Type: Article

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Abstract

This study consisted of two experiments designed to assess the efficacy of the keyword mnemonic technique reinforced with drawings in comparison to the learner´s own learning strategies on recall and the following metamnemonic judgments: ease of learning (EOL), judgments of learning (JOL), and confidence level (CL) using a short word list i.e., 16 Latin words (Experiment 1), or a long word list, 32 Latin words (Experiment 2). In Experiment 1 involving 100 women, mean age 75.08 years, the keyword method reinforced with drawings was found to be more efficacious than the learner´s own learning strategies on recall and metamnemonic judgments. In Experiment 2 involving 100 women, mean age 74.72 years, the keyword method reinforced with drawings was more efficacious on recall and all of the metamnemonic judgments under study. In conclusion, the keyword mnemonic reinforced with drawings is effective in the elderly. Further studies are required to examine if these results can be replicated in participants of other ages, and for both genders.

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