The Effect and Comparison of working Memory Rehabilitation and Cognitive-Metacognitive Strategies on Visual Memory and Memory Span in Elderly

Document Type : Research Article

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1 PhD Student in Psychology, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, Urmia University, Urmia, Iran

2 Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, Urmia University, Urmia, Iran

3 Professor, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, Urmia University, Urmia, Iran

Abstract

Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of working memory rehabilitation and cognitive-paracognitive strategies on visual memory and memory span in the elderly.
Method: The research method of this study was a quasi-experimental in the form of pretest - posttest with control group. The statistical population of this study included all the elderly who lived in Bukan Nursing Home from April to July 2019 (N = 120). Forty-five elderly people (three groups of 15 people) were selected by convenience sampling method and then randomly assigned to three groups: first experimental, second experimental and control group. Kim Karad Visual Memory test and Wechsler Memory Span were performed on groups in pretest. Then working memory rehabilitation and cognitive-metacognitive strategies were performed. The data were analyzed by multivariate analysis of covariance test (MANCOVA) according to its assumptions.
Results: The findings showed that cognitive-metacognitive rehabilitation and working memory rehabilitation had a positive and significant effect on different types of memory. (p <0.001). Also the results of Bonferroni test for comparing the means showed that working memory rehabilitation had more effect on dependent variables than cognitive-metacognitive rehabilitation (p <0.001).
Conclusion: The results showed that working memory rehabilitation and cognitive-metacognitive strategies had a positive and significant effect on the visual memory and memory span of the elderly and improved their memory abilities.

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Biquarterly Journal of Cognitive Strategies in Learning
Volume 9, Issue 16
July 2021
Pages 159-181

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