编辑“短期记忆”（章节）

=== 高龄 ===

年老和情节记忆的衰退相关。和年龄相关的记忆衰退，表现为难以将事件的记忆和单位结合起来。<ref>Bender, A., Naveh-Benjamin, M., Raz, N. (2010). Associative deficit in recognition memory in a mifespan sample of Healthy Adults. ''Psychology and Aging'', 05(4), pp. 940-948. Doi: 10.1037/a0020595/</ref>  有早先的研究使用混合积木测试来检验老年人的短期记忆衰退，发现了和年老有关联的记忆减退。<ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Chen | first1 = T. | last2 = Naveh-Benjamin | first2 = M. | year = 2012 | title = Assessing the Associative Deficit of Older adults in long-term and Short-term/working Memory | url =https://archive.org/details/sim_psychology-and-aging_2012-09_27_3/page/666| journal = Psychology and Aging | volume = 27 | issue = 3| pages = 666–682 | doi = 10.1037/a0026943 | pmid = 22308997 }}</ref>  该研究和许多较早的研究，都为老年人的短期记忆减退提供着证据。<br />

即使没有神经疾病和病症，老年人仍然会经历逐步的智力能力损失。有许多测试可以用来评估老年人的心理物理学状况，<ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Costarella | first1 = M. | last2 = Montelone | first2 = L. | last3 = Steindler | first3 = R. | last4 = Zuccaro | first4 = S. | year = 2010 | title = Decline of physical and cognitive conditions in the elderly measured through the functional reach test and the mini-mental state examination | url = | journal = Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics | volume = 50 | issue = 3| pages = 332–337 | doi = 10.1016/j.archger.2009.05.013 | pmid = 19545918 }}</ref>其中应用范围较广的有功能性前伸测试（functional reach test，FR）和[[简短智能测验]]（MMSE）。功能性前伸测试包括一系列保持平衡的任务，可以发现身体运动能力的损害；而MMSE包括许多智力测试题，可以发现认知能力的损害。