Age does not increase rate of forgetting over
weeks—Neuroanatomical volumes and visual memory across the adult
life-span The aim of the study was to investigate whether age
affects visual memory retention across extended time intervals.
In addition, we wanted to study how memory capabilities across
different time intervals are related to the volume of different
neuroanatomical structures (right hippocampus, right cortex,
right white matter). One test of recognition (CVMT) and one test
of recall (Rey-Osterrieth Complex Figure Test) were
administered, giving measures of immediate recognition/recall,
20–30 min recognition/recall, and recognition/recall at a mean
of 75 days. Volumetric measures of right hemisphere hippocampus,
cortex, and white matter were obtained through an automated
labelling procedure of MRI recordings. Results did not
demonstrate a steeper rate of forgetting for older participants
when the retention intervals were increased, indicating that
older people have spared ability to retain informat